No fewer than 29 persons were confirmed dead, with 11 burnt beyond recognition, in an accident in Yobe State on Friday.
Sixteen others were reported to have been seriously injured in the accident, which occurred at Daniski village along the Potiskum-Kano road in Nengere Local Government Area of Yobe State.
Two Toyota Hiace buses, travelling in opposite directions, were involved in a head-on collision.
They immediately burst into fire.
Policemen from Nengere, Yobe State and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers helped in rescuing some of the victims.
While the injured were taken to the General Hospital, Potiskum, the dead bodies were deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.