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8 dead, 40 injured as farmworkers’ bus overturns in Florida

A bus carrying, farmworkers in central Florida, overturned on Tuesday, after colliding with a pickup truck on a rural road, killing eight people and injuring about 40 others, authorities said. The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6.40 a.m. when it collided with a truck in Marion County. Marion is 80 miles north of […]

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Sports

Accident: Sports Minister commiserates with Tijjani Babangida

From Our Correspondent Sports Developmentn Minister, Sen. John Enoh, has sent a condolences message to ex-Super Eagles star, Tijjani Babangida and family, on the tragic loss of his brother, Ibrahim Babangida, in a fatal car accident. TheNewsZenith reports that Babangida, was involved in a devastating car accident on Thursday along the Kaduna-Zaria Road. He was […]

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General Local

Reckless driver kills pedestrian in Lagos

By Our Correspondent  The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended a reckless private car driver after killing a pedestrian on Saturday. LASTMA’s Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Toafiq Adebayo confirmed the accident in a statement in Lagos. Adebayo said the accident happened around Yaya Abatan by College Road, Ogba, Ikeja. He […]

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General Transportation

FRSC confirms 3 dead as car plunge into river

By Our Correspondent Three persons have died while one other sustained injuries in a lone accident around Area J4 on the Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the accident involving a Toyota sienna car that plunged into Omo river around Area J4. Spokesperson of FRSC, Florence Okpe, told newsmen […]

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Foreign News

5 children among dead in a Cameroon bus accident

At least five children and a driver died while 15 others sustained injuries after a bus transporting passengers and students collided with a truck in Cameroon. The accident occurred in Cameroon’s Southwest region, on Friday, according to local authorities. The prefect of Fako division, Chaibou, said that the accident occurred at the Milowe locality of […]

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General Transportation

Tanker crushes 4 to death in Abeokuta

Four persons died in multiple accidents involving a tanker, a BMW car and a Nissan jeep in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta in Ogun on Saturday. Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe said excessive speeding by the tanker driver caused […]

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Environment General Local

Auto crash: 11 die, 9 injure in Bauchi

No fewer than eleven people died in a road crash at Hawan Jaki village along the Alkaleri-Gombe road on Saturday in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Nine others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash that involved 20 people. The accident involved a Hiace bus belonging to Yankari Express owned by the […]

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