•Scene of the accident A bus ran off a highway in northeastern Brazil and overturned yesterday, killing at least nine people and injuring over 20 more, authorities said. The bus was traveling from Rio de Janeiro in the southeast to the tourist town of Porto Seguro in Bahia state when it ran off the road […]
•South Africa Flag A bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire on Thursday in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people on board, the transport ministry said. An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor and had been taken to hospital with serious injuries, reports AFP. The vehicle had been heading […]
Salihu AbdulHadi Kankia, a member of the First Aid Group of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), was showered with rewards for returning a lost bag containing over N100 million. The recognition came during the closing ceremony for Islamic scholars presenting this year’s Ramadan Tafsir in Bauchi. Engr Mustapha Imam Sitti, Natio...
•Malian flag Thirty-one people were killed in Mali yesterday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the Transport ministry said. It added that the accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. “A bus that was […]
•Scene of the incident Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, today, promptly assisted a heavily pregnant woman in the safe delivery of a baby boy after she unexpectedly went into labour while waiting to board a bus at Onipanu, Somolu Local Government Area, of the state. The incident it was gathered happened […]...
•Scene of accident A yet-to-be identified driver of a mini commercial bus popularly known as ‘Korope’ died when he suddenly slumped on the wheel while carrying passengers to their respective destinations in the town. Meanwhile, no fewer than four others sustained various degrees of injuries as the bus veered off the road, and collided with [&h...
•A school bus, photo for illustration purposes only An unspecified number of school children have been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Emure Local Government of Ekiti State. Though the details are still very hazy, it was learned that the abducted children were said to be students of a yet- to-be disclosed school, reports Vanguard. [&h...
•Scene of the accident A motorcycle, tricycle, and commercial intracity bus today collided in Osogbo, Osun State, and seven people died while one person was injured. The accident occurred around 9:30 in the morning opposite the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF), around the Osogbo-Ilobu bypass, reports Daily Sun. The...
A bus driver and his passengers were, yesterday, injured after his unpainted commercial bus, FKJ 366 XT, rammed into a loaded containerised trailer on outer Marina Road. They were, however, rescued by operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), to a nearby hospital, reports The Guardian. Director, Public Affairs and Enligh...
The federal government has flagged off the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative PCNGI, with seven conversion centres across Nigeria. Chief Of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajibiamila, officially flagged off the initiative yesterday at the State House, Abuja, reports Daily Trust. In a symbolic handover of the CNG buses to the State H...