At least three people died and 30 were injured in a road accident involving a Borno state University staff bus.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the accident occurred on Wednesday when a truck collided with the side of the bus.
Makama said the victims were rushed to the Umaru Shehu Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, where they are receiving medical attention.
Efforts are ongoing to provide care for the injured while the bodies of the deceased have been taken to their parents for burial, the publication added.
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The incident is one of several that have been recorded in recent times.
In November, 10 persons died in a road accident that occurred at Yanfari village in the Taura LGA of Jigawa state.
One person sustained injuries in the accident.
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A Toyota Hummer bus with registration number HDJ 631 YDD, conveying 11 passengers from Kano to Hadejia, had hit a parked trailer with registration number RGN 180 ZC and somersaulted.
The driver of the bus, along with nine passengers, died on the spot.
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