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December 1, 2024 No Responses

Boat Mishap: Oyetola Commiserates With Kogi, Harps On NIWA’s Waterways Code.

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, commiserates with the Kogi State government and the families and victims involved in the recent tragic boat accident that occurred in the Kupa Ebbe Village, Kupa South Local Government area of...

November 13, 2024 No Responses

NIWA Lagos Clears Omu Creek, Ikorodu Water Channels Of Water Hyacinth, Activates Monitoring Team For Yuletide Accident-Free Operation

Ahead of the yuletide season and in preparation for increased traffic on lagos waterways, the National Inland Waterways Authority ( Niwa) lagos office has flagged off massive clearance of water hyacinth from lagos water channels in order to ease transportation...

November 2, 2024 No Responses

NSIB DG, Rep Visit Helicopter Crash Site, Pledge Thorough Investigation

The Director General, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Captain Alex Badeh Jr. and Hon. Abiodun Akinlade, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation and Aerospace Technology, have visited the accident site of the Sikorsky SK76 he...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

NNPC Reacts To Helicopter Crash

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited(NNPCL) has confirmed that it hired the helicopter that crashed into the river in Rivers State on Thursday.NNPCL in a statement issued by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, on Thursday...

May 27, 2024 No Responses

NSIB Investigates Train Derailment At Jere

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into a train derailment that occurred May 26, 2024, at Jere Station, involving the passenger train KA2/loco 2702 en route to Idu Station, Abu...

April 13, 2024 No Responses

Seven Drown In Lagos

Not less than seven persons have lost their lives to accidental drowning in different parts of Lagos State this week. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, the incidents were recorded at hotel swimming pools, a beach,...

April 2, 2024 No Responses

Obajana Multiple Crash: FRSC Boss Orders Investigation, Prosecution Of Drivers

Perturbed by the scores of road users that were killed as a result of the multiple road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday 31 March, 2024 at Obajana market in Kogi State, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),...

June 25, 2023 No Responses

Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator

The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to...

March 9, 2023 No Responses

NSIB Investigates Lagos Train Accident

By Citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced investigation into an accident involving a train with registration number 2215 and a Lagos State BRT staff bus with registration number 04A-48LA. The acciden...

February 6, 2023 No Responses

Six Die In Lagos Ship Accident

Contrary to earlier reports, six yet-to-be-identified persons were at the weekend confirmed dead after an accident in a vessel around Atlas Cove, Lagos State. The deceased were said to have been working on the tanker of the vessel identified as...

January 31, 2023 No Responses

NPA Probes Ojuelegba Container Accident

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commenced full scale investigation to ascertain the source of container linked to last Sunday accident that clamed nine lives. NPA in a statement obtained by City Business News on Tuesday, commis...

January 30, 2023 No Responses

FRSC Boss Recommends Construction Of Barricades On Ojuelegba Bridge

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has expressed concern over recurring container crashes on Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos and called for barricades to stop articulated vehicles from using the bridge. Biu said this in a statement....

October 27, 2022 No Responses

Edo Records 113 Deaths From Road Crashes In Nine Months

The Edo State Sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Wednesday, disclosed that no few than 113 deaths were recorded in the state from Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) between January and September 2022. State Sector commander, Mr...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Warns Motorists Against Speeding On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun Command has warned motorists against speeding as part of measures to further reduce accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, gave the warning in an interview with the News.....