16 Pilgrims Killed In Road Accident During Arbaeen Religious Gathering In Iraq

Eko Hot Blog reports a road accident in northern Iraq has killed at least 16 people, mostly Shia Iranian pilgrims, as millions of people converge on the holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings. The accident occurred between the cities of Dujail and Samarra on Friday night. Two minibuses … Read more

Road Accident Claims Lives In Bauchi State

Road Accident Claims Lives In Bauchi State

  EKO HOT BLOG reports that a tragic road accident has claimed the lives of 14 people and left five others injured in Zangoro village, along the Bauchi-Darazo road. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has been attributed to speed violation. According to the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi … Read more

Three Dead, Nine Others Injured In Ghastly Road Accident At Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Lagos-Ibadan expressway

3 lost their lives this morning to a ghastly motor accident at the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least three persons died on Sunday in a ghastly road accident on the Fidiwo bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Ogun State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a … Read more

Wedding Guests Die, Others Injured In Fatal Road Accident In Jigawa

Jigawa

Weddings Guests Die, Others Injured In Fatal Road Accident In Jigawa This online media platform gathered that the accident happened on Saturday evening along Hadejia/Kano Road by Boarding Primary School, Ringim town in the Ringim Local Government Area of the state EDITOR’S PICK:  IGP Orders Investigation Into Portable’s Claim Of Forming Notorious Gangs Akeredolu Reveals … Read more

One Dead, Wedding Guest, Other Injured In Taraba Accident

One person has lost his life while several others including wedding guest were injured in Taraba Road Accident .. a security operative was seen at the scene of the accident trying to facilitate the removal of the bus. EDITOR’S PICK Roots TV Founder, Kachikwu, Ends Moghalu’s Presidential Dream, Emerges ADC 2023 Flagbearer Tinubu Defeats Osinbajo, … Read more

Tragedy As Road Accident Kills 11, Injures Four Others

Road accident has killed 11 persons and injured four others. EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than eleven persons have been killed while four others have been injured in a fatal road accident that occurred at Agulu Lake bridge by Awka-Ekwulobia Road in Anambra late on Sunday evening. The accident which involved three vehicles … Read more

Eleven Killed in Kwara Road Accident

26 people were involved in a road accident caused by overtaking in Kwara community  The accident also claimed 11 lives, leaving 15 others hospitalized  Ekohotblog reports that eleven people have lost their lives in a road accident on sunday afternoon in Kwara state. The Kwara sector commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Jonathan Owoade, … Read more

One Injured As Truck Crushes Couple To Death In Ogun Accident

Amotekun

A couple has been killed in an accident along the Sagamu-Ogijo Road in Ogun State. Confirming the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, explained that the accident occurred at about 7:40am. He noted that the accident, which involved a Toyota … Read more

BREAKING: Governor Akeredolu Loses Aide To Ghastly Auto Crash

BREAKING: Governor Akeredolu Loses Aide To Ghastly Auto Crash

Tosin Ogunbodede, the Chief of Protocol to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead.

He died in in a fatal road accident along Ilesha Road on Saturday night.

Ogunbodede with his driver and one other person involved in the crash were reportedly rushed to the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Osun state where him and his driver were confirmed dead.

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However, sources in government said doctors are still trying to save the life of the third individual whose identity is still unknown. He reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash.

Ogunbodede was appointed as Chief of Protocol to the governor in 2017.

Though there has been no official statement on the incident but a radio station in the state reports that Akeredolu’s Chief of Staff, Olugbenga Ale has confirmed the incident.

Eko Hot Blog recalls that the governor had lost four of his aides within the last two months including the State’s Health Commissioner, Waheed Adegbenro and most recently, Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Bayonile Ademodi.

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7 Killed In Road Accident In Benue – FRSC

FRSC Set To Arrest Driver's License Defaulters Nationwide

Road Accident The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of seven passengers involved in a road accident at Gbatse Village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue. FRSC Public Enlightenment Officer in the state, DRC Joyce Akura, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone in Makurdi the incident occurred … Read more

Passengers Burnt Beyond Recognition In Fatal Road Accident

Accident

Accident caused by over speeding Tragedy struck in Anambra state on Sunday after a ghastly auto mishap on Ihiala- Onitsha road leaves many burnt beyond recognition. Ag. Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Kamal Musa, who confirmed the incident, said the accident was caused by over speeding. He said the commercial bus involved … Read more

Five Dead, Many Injured In Kano Road Accident

At least five persons died on Wednesday after a fatal road accident at Rimin Gata, Ungoggo Local Government area of Kano State. The accident involved a Tipper Farkas with registration number QF 435NSH and Golf car with registration number KMC 828ZV with ten passengers. Saidu Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service whose … Read more

Two Dead in Ogun Road Accident

22 Dead, 17 Injured In Katsina Bride’s Convoy Accident

Two persons have been reported dead in a fatal accident that occurred at the old tollgate in the Sango area of Ogun State, while another was injured after a container collided with two trucks along the Abeokuta expressway. The incident, according to the Ogun State traffic enforcement agency and the Federal Roads Safety Corps, happened … Read more