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Nigeria: Day of Rage in Lagos As Soldiers, Drivers Go On Rampage Over Slain Colleague, Wounded Conductor
This Day, 5 July 2014
Pandemonium erupted yesterday at the Obanikoro area of Lagos, when soldiers allegedly went on rampage after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) crushed a lance corporal to death. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos Residents Debunk Military's Claim On Burning of BRT Buses
Leadership, 6 July 2014
Contrary to claims by the military that soldiers were not responsible for the burning of Bus Rapid Transit buses on Friday in Lagos, residents yesterday confirmed that the soldiers… Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers Burn BRT Buses in Lagos Over Accident
Leadership, 5 July 2014
Angry soldiers in Lagos State yesterday attacked BRT bus workers, setting five buses ablaze after a driver ran over their colleague, killing him. Read more »
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Nigeria: Pandemonium As Soldiers Burn BRT Buses Over Death of Colleague
Independent (Lagos), 4 July 2014
Irate soldiers' unleashed terror on Friday morning at Palmgroove area of Ikorodu Road, burning at least five BRT buses and others in protest over the alleged killing of one of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Lagos - Soldiers On Rampage As BRT Bus Hits Army Officer
This Day, 4 July 2014
An accident involving a soldier in the early hours of Friday at Pamgroove, Ikorodu Road, in Lagos, has irked the wrath of colleagues. Read more »
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Nigeria: Aggrieved Soldiers Attacked BRT, Lagbuses
Independent (Lagos), 4 July 2014
The LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd., operators of LAGBUS, on Friday withdraw its buses from the roads following the burning of some of its buses by aggrieved persons. Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers Let Loose, Burn, Vandalise BRT Buses
Daily Trust, 4 July 2014
Thousands of Lagosians today got stranded following the sudden shortage of mass transit BRT buses after a group of soldiers went on rampage along the ever busy Ikorodu Road,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fashola Condemns Soldiers for Attacking BRT Buses
Premium Times, 5 July 2014
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has described the action of soldiers who went on a violent rampage Friday morning, destroying at least eight BRT buses, as… Read more »
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Nigeria: Anger As Nigerians Condemn Burning of BRT Buses
Independent (Lagos), 6 July 2014
Some eminent Nigerians on Saturday responded angrily to the burning of over five BRT buses by some irate soldiers who were protesting the killing of their colleague by a BRT driver… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerian Army Claims 'Area Boys', Not Soldiers, Attacked Lagos BRT Buses
Independent (Lagos), 4 July 2014
The Nigerian Army has denied that it's officers were responsible for the attack on BRT buses and drivers in Lagos on Friday. Read more »
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Nigeria: BRT, Lagbus Withdraw Vehicles From Road
Independent (Lagos), 4 July 2014
The LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd., operators of LAGBUS, on Friday withdraw its buses from the roads following the burning of some of its buses by aggrieved persons. Read more »
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Nigeria: Fashola Condemns Attack on BRT Buses
This Day, 6 July 2014
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has condemned the attack on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) by unidentified solders, saying if preliminary details available to him were… Read more »
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Nigeria: Soldiers Destroy BRT Buses Worth N100 Million in Violent Rage - Lamata
Premium Times, 4 July 2014
The official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak, said two of the buses burnt by the rampaging soldier had only been in operation for less than two… Read more »
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Nigeria: BRT Bus Did Not Kill Any Soldier - Lagbus
Premium Times, 4 July 2014
The LAGBUS Asset Management Limited, operators of LAGBUS, on Friday, said contrary to claims by soldiers and reports, it was not a BRT bus that killed a soldier. Read more »
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Nigeria: Pandemonium As BRT Bus Knocks Down Soldier in Lagos
Vanguard, 4 July 2014
Soldiers Friday morning went on rampage at the Palmgroove area on Ikorodu Road, Lagos after a BRT bus allegedly knocked down a soldier on a motorcycle. Read more »
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Nigeria: Pandemonium in Lagos As Irate Soldiers Protest Death of Colleague
Leadership, 4 July 2014
There is confusion in Lagos resulting in the torching of at least five BRT buses in the Palmgrove Area of Lagos by irate soldiers who are protesting the killing of one of their… Read more »