Accidents

After 60 hours, rescue team pulls 8-year-old girl alive from Taiwan quake rubble

An eight-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment complex in Taiwan…

17 people killed as trailer, bus crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The drivers were struggling for the right of way.

Woman in critical condition after falling from a fifth-floor window

How does one fall out of a fifth floor window?

Girl, 9, sets fire to bedroom after failing to properly stub out cigarette

The little girl had gone into hiding to take a smoke.

Pelican Island: 12-year-old girl hospitalised after saving sister from drowning

The girl has been described as a hero.

115 “trapped” as gold mine collapses in South Africa

About 47 miners have been rescued already.

Yobe: 6 dead as car crashes into tanker

One female adult was also left injured.

Two reportedly injured as Somali passenger plane catches fire mid-air

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.

How 41-year-old foodseller died after governor gave out N1m in crowded market

The woman was “unlucky” to meet the governor at the market.

M not N! How hospital patient bled to death because of spelling mistake

It was just a spelling mistake but it was fatal!

One girl, four others die in road crash

The accident involved a car and a bus.

School principal killed while trying to save children from oncoming school bus

She died while saving her pupils.

The Owojoris in photos: Perfect family? They lived. They died. Together

They were a very young family.

Tragedy! Nigerian man, pregnant wife, two sons die after “bad wiring” led to fire

This is tragic! A whole family ruined in one swoop.

Ota crash update: Angry mob sets truck on fire

It is simply a case of jungle justice!

Breaking: Truck loses brake, rams into motorcycle in Ota

We’re hoping the motorcyclist survived.

Girl, 7, and 6-month-old brother escapes death in three-car collision

One persons had to be removed from one of the cars using hydraulic equipment.

Real life hero! Jamie Foxx saves man from burning truck

It’s rare these days that you find someone willing to jump in to help like that