A driver going 283 mph (455 km/h) trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died on Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon, organizers said. Driver Chris Raschke lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which has organized the popular land-speed racing eve...

SaharaReporters gathered that the vehicle was said to be heading to Lagos from Kano, was reportedly conveying both passengers and cattle.  No fewer than 22 persons lost their lives while 20 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a trailer along the Lapai–Lambata road in Niger State on Monday. SaharaReporters gathered that the vehicle was said to be heading to Lagos from Kano, was reportedly conveying both passengers and cattle.  Most of the passengers, acco...

Detectives from the Major and Organised Crime Squad (Northern) have charged a 30-year-old woman in relation to firearm and drug trafficking offences following a traffic crash in Aitkenvale last month. It will be alleged that on July 2 the woman was involved in a single vehicle crash on Nathan Street and left the scene. A search of the Toyota Hilux was conducted with police locating four firearms and a large quantity of methamphetamine inside the vehicle. As a result of investigations and informa...

EFCC secures final forfeiture of a Bentley Coupe and Toyota Venza linked to a suspected internet fraudsters. The vehicles were recovered when EFCC visited the apartment of suspects, who reportedly absconded and evaded arrest. The judge also granted interim forfeiture of the sums of $20,000 and CFA 110,000 as well as a blue Nissan Almera car. The said money found in the Nissan Almeria, which was abandoned by the suspected fraudster after sighting Customs at Seme Border.  A Bentley Continental GT...

Tragedy struck on Sunday, August 3, as two police officers attached to the Majority Leader of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Kingsley Ikoro, were killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Okigwe, Imo State. According to Vanguard, the officers were traveling as part of the lawmaker’s convoy when one of the vehicles developed a mechanical fault. While the rest of the convoy moved ahead, the two officers remained behind to attend to the issue. It was during this vulnerable moment that th...

Road barriers dividing the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway were knocked down at Migaa after a matatu collided with a trailer on March 14, 2025, leaving 13 people dead. Five people, among them an infant, have died after their vehicle was involved in a grisly road crash at Mbaruk area in Gilgil along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway. The Monday evening accident involved three vehicles with all the five victims on board one private car, according to Nakuru County Traffic Enforcement Officer Allan Ogolla. “...

The Malian army said it has seized 20 inflatable vehicles it said were intended for use by armed groups operating in the country. The country’s military released footage showing the inflatable cars, some resembling Land Cruisers, a popular make of pickup truck across Africa. Malian state television reported that armed groups operating in the country planned to use them as decoys to trick drones into wasting expensive missiles by firing at them. Rida Lyammouri, a Sahel expert at the Morocca...