…Sources claimed all the passengers with the exception of one were burnt beyond recognition 11 passengers were burnt to death in a fatal accident near the Four-Corners Enugu at about 9 pm on Sunday. The ill-fated 14-seater bus, which was said to be travelling from Imo State to Kano, reportedly ran into a trailer before going
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Petitioner identified as Sulaimon Badmus on Saturday appeared before Osun State Panel of Inquiry investigating police brutality and extra judicial killings to demand N125million compensation alleging that three police officers killed 8 passengers and robbed them of their business capital at a checkpoint. The petitioner said the three policemen namely; Benjamin Oyekhire; Jimoh Michael and
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Many people feared dead in a road accident that occurred at Igbelajewa Village, along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway, on Monday , when a truck carrying diesel lost control , spilt its content and caught fire . About seven vehicles , including an 18 -passenger commercial bus were reportedly burnt . Spokesperson for Osun Command of Nigeria
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Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said on Sunday that many passengers were burnt beyond recognition when their vehicle went into flames on the Ihiala/Onitsha road in Anambra State. Kumapayi said that they were yet to know the actual number of people that died in the accident
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Six passengers have been reportedly kidnapped on the Lokoja-Kabba road. The victims, whose identities had yet to be ascertained, were said to have been kidnapped around 6pm on Sunday. A source told our correspondent that the victims were travelling to Kabba when the unknown gunmen struck. Efforts to get the state police command’s comment was
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American passengers began evacuating a cruise ship quarantined off Japan early on Monday morning, boarding around a dozen buses at a port in Yokohama. An AFP reporter saw buses in a convoy starting to move away from the Diamond Princess, though they did not immediately depart the port. An American passenger, Sarah Arana, confirmed to
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