No fewer than 12 people have died in a road accident that occurred near Tsaida village of Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State, Dateline Nigeria can report.
According to spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Kano Kabiru Daura, the victims included eight males, three children and one woman.
The commission added that 26 passengers who sustained injuries in the accident were being treated at a hospital in Gaya. It said the accident occurred around 11am when an 18-seater bus had a head-on collision with an eight-seater vehicle in the course of overtaking.