Two children, on Monday, lost their lives in a lone accident involving a Toyota car at Ade Best axis, Isara, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said the incident occurred at 8:00 am on Monday and was caused…
In a bone-chilling revelation, the Governor of Plateau State, Celeb Mutfwang, disclosed that a nightmarish scenario has unfolded as terrorists ruthlessly occupy a staggering 64 communities and numerous schools in the region. The governor painted a grim picture of the incessant attacks that have displaced citizens, turning their lives into a harrowing tale of fear…
Barely 24 hours after two persons died in an accident on the expressway, another two persons on Tuesday, killed while six others sustained injuries in a lone accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus marked ACA 607 XT occurred around Car Park C on the…
No fewer than two people have been killed while another injured in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Christmas Day. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday, said that the accident, involving a Toyota bus and…
An estimated N23.8 million worth of property, including drugs, furniture and assorted drinks, were on Saturday destroyed after a fire broke out at the Alfa Yahaya area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The Informant247 gathered the fire outbreak affected seven flats and two shops at number 5, Ado compound, burning three of the seven…
No fewer than two persons have been killed, while seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road crash at J4 along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode-Ore highway in Ogun State. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which occurred on Saturday around 3:35 pm, involved two vehicles: a Chevrolet SUV with registration number WWW75MW and a truck…
No fewer than three people have been killed while seven others sustained injuries in an autocrash, which involved two vehicles at Conoil filling station axis along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which happened on Saturday night, involved a Toyota Hiace bus with registration numbers RLG 846 XA and a trailer marked…
In a compassionate gesture, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who also serves as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), expressed heartfelt condolences to the victims of the recent mistaken drone strike in Tundun Biri community, Kaduna State. Governor AbdulRazaq visited Governor Uba Sani to personally convey condolences on behalf of his fellow Governors…
N19.3m worth of property has been destroyed after two separate fire outbreaks occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday, ruining no fewer than 14 shops in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. According to reports, the Tuesday incident happened at about 6 p.m., where seven shops located at Zion Overcomer, Opposite Duro Suleiman house, University Road, Tanke, were…
No fewer than ten persons have been killed in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Informant247 gathered that the accident, which happened on Tuesday morning at about 5 am at the Kara turning, Ogun State, towards the interchange on the highway, involved an Iveco truck marked KRA 80 XA and a Hiace bus with…
The Senate building of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was, on Friday evening, gutted by fire. According to a statement issued by the Director of the Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Awwal Umar, the fire started around 4:15 pm, adding that the incident occurred from a small room housing an electrical Distribution Board (DB)…
No fewer than Eleven lives lost their lives in an auto crash along Maiyama/Koko road in Kebbi State. The police authorities confirmed on Tuesday thataccident which happened on Monday involved a DAF Trailer with registration number SKK837X driven by a yet-to-be-identified driver. Kebbi State police spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar, said in a statement the ill-fated vehicle…
Following a boat mishap on the Bolo waterway in Ogu/Bolo LGA of Rivers State on Saturday, a soldier with the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA), Port Harcourt, the state capital reportedly killed drowned while on duty. According to Major Jonah Danjuma, the acting spokesperson of the division, in a statement, the victim was…
No fewer than eight persons lost their lives in an auto crash at Oke-Onigbin on the Omu-Aran-Ilorin Highway in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara. NAN reports that the Kwara State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Stephen Dawulung, confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr Busari…
No fewer than eight persons, including seven students of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State, and an Attendant on Saturday, reportedly escaped death in a fire incident at a gas filling near a student hostel, thereby sustaining varying degrees of injury during the incident. According to Kwara State Fire Service, the fire incident occurred…
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed no fewer than seven persons after the bus they were travelling in somersaulted at Okura in Ankpa Local Government Area of the State on Saturday. The Informant247 gathered that the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Oyedeji, had earlier confirmed three persons dead, but the…
No fewer than ten persons have been killed in a boat mishap which occurred on Thursday evening in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Informant247 gathered, according to the Secretary, Coalition of Shiroro Associations, Saidu Salihu, that the incident happened around 4 pm on Thursday, adding that the victims, mostly traders, were conveying…
No fewer than 128 people lost their lives in 376 road traffic crashes recorded in the state between January and October 2023, the Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Babatunde Farinloye, the Lagos Sector Commander, at the news conference organised to mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road…
A partial building collapse on Oloto Street by Borno Way, off Freeman Street, in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State, on Thursday claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified old woman. The Informant247 gathered according to the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, that the incident occurred around 7:45…
No fewer than two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been killed, and over,000 houses were burnt when fire swept through Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri. The Informant247 gathered that the fire began at about 6 am and lasted for over an hour before it was brought under control by fire service personnel. Dr Barkindo…
