Nigerian football team-mates killed
A bus carrying a Nigerian football team has collided with a vehicle transporting cattle in Nigeria, sending the vehicles tumbling into a roadside ditch and killing 15 sportsmen.
Plateau State police spokesman Saidu Ibrahim said 12 players and three coaches died instantly in the crash on the road connecting the Nigerian capital of Abuja with a regional city.
Witnesses said seven other people were taken to a hospital for treatment.