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The truck driver who crushed to death a recent graduate of Abia State Polytechnic,  Aba, has been taken into custody.   Mary Ogechi Ezekiel, who graduated with a distinction from the Department of Accounting, had gone to school on Tuesday, March 5, for clearance in preparation for NYSC.   However, …

There’s less than a week to go until the IndyCar Series begins and one team still hasn’t announced its driver line-up. Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) lost David Malukas to McLaren and Sting Ray Robb to AJ Foyt Racing in the off-season. That’s left DCR with two vacancies. The IndyCar Series …

The police in Lagos state have arrested a 69-year-old commercial bus driver, Waidi Saheed, for allegedly crushing a 10-year-old, simply identified as Chukwudi, to death at the Iganmu-Mile 2 Expressway in the state on Sunday, March 3.   According to police sources, the father of the victim identified as Bernard …

A driver has been arrested by officers of the Edo State Police Command for illegal possession of arms and ammunition.   Ambrose Christopher, 24, was arrested by the police in Ekpoma while driving a Mercedes Benz GLK following credible information from the public.    The command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, …

A man identified as Gbolahan Aina, was crushed to death in a fatal accident in the Ikeja area of Lagos state on Saturday, March 2.    According to reports, the driver of a Mack truck with registration number KJA 74 XQ, Donatus Godwin, put the truck on reverse without knowing …

Supercars sponsor Peter Adderton has questioned Erebus Motorsport’s motives amid an unwillingness to let its champion Brodie Kostecki cut ties. Mystery surrounds the saga that led Kostecki to pull out of the Supercars season opener at Mount Panorama on February 23-25. It’s widely believed Kostecki has taken issue with the …

Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan has broken his silence a week after Brodie Kostecki made the shock decision to sit out the Supercars season-opener. Although the team has not confirmed as much yet, it’s widely believed Kostecki will not race for the team again this year and may not race …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has again secured the release of one female among the eight prospective corps members kidnapped en route to the orientation camp in Sokoto State.   Recall that bandits abducted the eight graduates and their bus driver on August 17, 2023, along a highway in …

The rescued pupils of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, told their parents that the kidnappers shot the bus driver, Taiwo Olugbaye because he didn’t know the phone numbers of his wife and the school proprietor off-hand, Daily Trust reported.    The pupils and two teachers who …

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, February 3, apprehended an articulated truck driver after crushing a scavenger pushing a wheelbarrow to death around Mile 12 market, Ikorodu Road, Lagos.   The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the …