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Nigeria:
Army Denies Vandalising BRT Buses, Blames Hoodlums
This Day, 9 July 2014
Five days after a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) allegedly crushed a lance corporal of the Nigerian Army (NA) to death, with its attendant mayhem, in Lagos State, the 81 Division… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Despite Photo Evidence, Witnesses' Accounts, Nigerian Army Insists Hoodlums, Not Soldiers, Destroyed Lagos BRT Buses
Premium Times, 11 July 2014
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Lagos insisted that its personnel were not responsible for the July 4 destruction of Lagos-owned buses after one of its men was knocked down while… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Army Says Crushed Soldier Was Not Riding On BRT Lane
Leadership, 9 July 2014
The Nigerian Army has debunked the statement that the soldier who was crushed by a BRT bus along Ikorodu expressway in Lagos was riding on the BRT lane. Read more »
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Nigeria:
BRT Rampage - Army States Own Side of Story, Flays Soyinka
Vanguard, 9 July 2014
THE Army authorities, yesterday, in Lagos, said the Lance Corporal who was knocked down and killed by a BRT bus along Ikorodu Road last Friday, was not riding motorbike on the BRT… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Wild, Wild Nigerian Soldiers
Premium Times, 9 July 2014
It has become a recurring decimal in our national life; I mean, the satanic practice of armed security agents unleashing terror on the populace and destroying public property at… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Outcry, Rampage Over Rising Accidents Involving BRT Buses
Vanguard, 8 July 2014
Barely six years, after the Lagos State Government, through its regulatory agency, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, introduced the Bus Rapid Transit System,… 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:
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:
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:
BRT Bus Kills Commercial Motorcyclist, Passengers
This Day, 7 July 2014
Barely three days after the incident involving the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)buses and the military, where one of the buses crushed a soldier to death, yet another incident with the… 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 »