MIL-OSI Russia: 21 killed in road accident in northern Nigeria

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

ABUJA, June 1 (Xinhua) — At least 21 people were killed and three others injured when a bus carrying a group of athletes returning from the recently concluded Nigerian National Sports Festival was involved in a road accident on a busy highway in the north of the country, traffic police said.

Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Federal Road Safety Authority spokesman, said on Saturday evening that a bus carrying athletes representing Kano Northern State at the 2025 National Sports Festival crashed on the Kaduna-Kano Expressway on Saturday afternoon.

The bus left the road at high speed and crashed into bushes. The traffic police named the cause of the tragedy as “driver fatigue and speeding.” –0–

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