Until last Wednesday, I never knew the mandate and responsibility of the Federal Road Safety Corps extended to investigation as to the cause of road accidents and making the reports public. Even if I ever imagined that, I could never have expected such speed of investigation and report in just three days after an accident. […]
No fewer than 16 persons were shot dead on Sunday after six gunmen stormed Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand Bassam and opened fired on tourists. Reuters reports that the dead include 14 civilians and two soldiers while the assailants were also killed. The resort is visited by both locals and foreigners. The Ivory Coast […]
A United Kingdom returnee and his younger brother were the victims of an accident on the Otedola Bridge, Toll gate area of Lagos State. While the UK returnee, whose identity had not been ascertained, was seriously injured; his brother, Oluwole Giwa, 35, who had come to welcome him home, died. The accident occurred after a […]
Kaduna, Abuja — Overspeeding, numerous potholes and the worsening state of the Abuja-Kaduna highway which links many states in the North to the FCT have gradually turned the road into a death trap, Daily Trust findings have revealed. Checks by our reporters showed that many sections of the highway - from Zuba to Kaduna - […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday released an interim report on the auto crash that killed the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi and his wife and son. Mr. Oyeyemi attributed the accident to a busted tyre which resulted in the loss of control and somersaulting […]
Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, yesterday faulted the Senate claim that the agency is keeping the reports of investigation into air crashes in the country from the public, describing the claim as untrue. A senator had during plenary, last Tuesday, said the investigative reports on Sosoliso crash of 2005, Bellview crash of 2005, ADC crash of […]
The Lagos State Waterways Authority says preliminary investigation revealed that the boat accident in Ikorodu, which killed five persons, was caused by a damaged steering cable. It explained that the steering cable connected to the engine propeller cut off on motion, leading to a mechanical fault and making the captain to lose control. A statement […]
Capt. Josiah Choms (PhD), a leader in the aviation sector and currently serving on the Board of HeliOffshore provides some education on air transportation in general and causes of aircraft accidents in particular, in such a way as to allay fears and restore confidence in a troubled industry. Accidents or serious incidents with passenger or […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) is one of the six agencies under the Ministry of Aviation, charged with the responsibility to investigate aircraft accidents and incidents in Nigeria. As part of the Civil Aviation Act of 2006, AIB became an autonomous agency which reports directly to the President through the Minister of Aviation. It has […]