The Kwara Command of the
Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of 20 persons, in a crash along the Bode Saadu- Ilorin road, in the early hours of Saturday.
According to the information made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the command, in Ilorin, on Saturday, it quoted Jonathan Owoade, the Kwara Sector Commander, as saying that the cause of the crash was associated with over speeding and wrongful overtaking.
“The multiple road traffic crash occurred at about 3 a.m. today, at a location called Oloko area, which involved 3 vehicles: a blue commercial MAK Truck GGE614XM, a white commercial Mitsubishi canter Truck BRK534YX and a white Toyota Hummer bus KEY479YE.
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Despite rising cases of infection and deaths from COVID-19, and renewed efforts by the government to curb its spread, many Nigerians seem not to be aware of Coronavirus Health Protection Regulations (2021). Recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the law stipulates punishment for disobedience of the stipulated non-medical protocols. x
As a result, compliance with the protocols remains very low across the country, with many claiming ignorance of the law and its provisions, a development that might land many in jail when full implementation commences.
In many public places, residents were seen disregarding the guidelines, with some believing that government is weaponising the virus to delude Nigerians. For others, the economic situation of the country makes them disregard the protocols, even as the country still awaits the arrival of vaccines.
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Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki
Three persons have died in an auto crash in Ebonyi State on Thursday evening. The accident which occurred at Abaomege in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state also left about four persons in critical condition.
It was gathered that the vehicle, a mass Transit bus, skidded off the Abaomege-Abakaliki Highway, somersaulted and stuck on a tree by the roadside.
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps took the corpses to the Mater Misercodearie Hospital, Afikpo, in Ebonyi State.
Images of at least three mangled bodies in a damaged vehicle were displayed online. The state police command on Friday confirmed the incident.
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Peter Dada, Akure
The agrarian community of Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State was thrown into mourning on Saturday, January 23, 2021, after a road accident which occurred opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University killing many people, including some students of the institution.
The state sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the state police said nine people lost their lives while several others were injured in the accident that involved a truck labelled Dangote Cement coming from Obajana in Kogi State and descending the popular Okerigbo hilly road to Owo. However, it was gathered that the death toll later increased.
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