At least 36 people have died and 19 others have been injured after a bus plunged into a gorge in northern India’s Jammu district. Officials said more than 50 passengers were on board when the bus veered off the road…
3 die as fire guts commercial vehicle in Lagos
An accident involving a commercial bus with number plate MUS 753 YD claimed three lives on Sunday after the vehicle caught fire along the Lekki expressway of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement…
Electrician docked for allegedly stealing vehicle brain box
A 29-year-old electrician, Endurance Ajake, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing the brain box of a bus worth N250,000. Ajake, who resides at Orile-Agege, Lagos State, is being charged with theft. The prosecutor, Insp Felicia…
Mexico police rescue 34 migrants kidnapped from bus
Authorities on Thursday, said Mexican police rescued 34 migrants in a farm, who were kidnapped from a bus in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon bordering the U.S. The migrants were kidnapped in Los Medina, a village near the city of…
How bread and akara saved me from one chance robbers
I like food! Whenever I am going from one place to another, especially if it is far, you know, because of traffic, I always want to find a good seat, eat my gala and drink Bigi and then the next…
Death toll in Tunisia bus accident rises to 26 (Guardian)
At least 26 people were killed when their bus careened into a ravine in the northwest of Tunisia, officials said in a new toll. The health ministry said late Sunday that 17 people were also injured in the accident in…
Passenger bus somersaults on Third Mainland Bridge (Punch)
Eighteen passengers in a commercial bus and the driver were lucky to escape death in Lagos on Sunday as their vehicle somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge. The accident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred very close to the Iyana Oworo bus…
What to do about area boys? These residents have their say
Everywhere you look in Lagos, it seems like the area boys have taken over. They are at the bus stops and virtually all the streets demanding money from bus, okada and keke drivers, and even from residents going about their…