Nigeria bus crash kills 21 athletes

Nigeria's Kano State in mourning after 22 die in road accident after sports festival

Kano State declares Monday as a day of mourning after 22 people died a road accident while returning from a sports festival in south-west Nigeria.

Nigeria: Tinubu, Atiku, Govs, Barau Grieve As 22 Kano Athletes Die in Auto Crash

President Bola Tinubu, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, state governors and deputy president of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, have expressed sorrow over the death in an auto crash, of 22 members of the Kano State contingent who were yesterday returning from the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State.

Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said.

Nigeria: Over 20 athletes killed in bus crash after festival

A group of athletes was returning home from Nigeria's National Sports Festival when their bus veered off a bridge.

Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival

A bus has veered off a bridge in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes who were returning home from a sports festival

21 athletes killed in Nigeria road crash

A bus crash on a Nigerian highway on Saturday killed 21 athletes returning from a national sports tournament, with authorities saying the accident might have been the result of driver fatigue or excessive speed. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the afternoon crash, which did not involve other vehicles, "might have occurred as a result of fatigue and excessive speed" after a long overnight trip.