At least 26 people died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel was carrying over 100 passengers, including women and children, who live in communities between Jebba and Kainji dam in Mokwa area of the state, before it hit a reservoir….
A Nigerian student’s journey from Lagos to London onboard Egypt Air took a tragic turn when she reportedly fell sick mid-flight and died at a hospital in Cairo. The family of the deceased, identified as Meshioye Remilekun Toyosi, is seeking answers and assistance in repatriating her remains to Nigeria. The ill-fated journey began on Monday…
Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Barrister Olalekan Onafeko, has charged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to increase its attention on ensuring enduring safety on roads. Onafeko, who made this demand when the Lagos State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Babatunde Farinloye, visited him at the Assembly complex recently, however, commended…
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo says, airlines will soon be made to compensate passengers for delays and cancellation of flights. Speaking with newsmen after a tour of the Lagos airports, Mr. Keyamo said, regulations regarding delays and cancellation of flights are in place but not enforced. He said domestic airlines operators…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has paid a visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; and the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as part of his inspection tour of road projects in the South West. Umahi also visited Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states earlier this week. The Ministry…
The Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, has expressed shock over the death of a corps tow truck driver in a road traffic crash that occurred at the Karu bridge, on the Nyanya-Maraba Expressway, on Friday A statement on Friday by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said the…
One person died and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accidents that occurred in different parts of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday and Monday. According to the report, first accident occurred at the Conoil area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway while the second accident happened at the Makun area of the same expressway. An…