Panic gripped residents and commuters in Kaduna State in the early hours of Sunday after three luxury buses were destroyed in an explosion at Mando Motor Park. PUNCH Metro gathered that the affected vehicles, belonging to Silver Transport Company, were reportedly powered by compressed natural gas and had been parked ahead of scheduled interstate trips. The explosion reportedly occurred around 3:00am, sending shockwaves across the busy transport hub and nearby communities. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH...

A compressed natural gas (CNG) bus exploded early Sunday morning at Mando Motor Park in Kaduna State, damaging at least two other vehicles. A garage worker, Abdulkadir Abdullahi, said the incident happened around 4:00 a.m. He explained that the explosion came from a CNG-powered bus, which affected two nearby luxury buses belonging to a transport company. The damaged vehicles have since been removed from the park. Fortunately, no one was injured and no lives were lost because there were no passen...

News Investigators/ The Kaduna State Police Command on Sunday clarified that the explosion reported at Mando Motor Park, was not a bomb blast but a minor incident involving a gas-powered vehicle. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, said in a statement that the incident occurred at about 3:00a.m. on Sunday at the premises of Silver Luxury Travel, a bus company operating at Mando Garage, Kaduna. He said detectives were immediately deployed to the scene after a loud sound w...

A luxury travel bus reportedly powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) exploded at Mando motor park in Kaduna in the early hours of Sunday. The explosion triggered panic among residents and transport operators around the park. Sources at the motor park said the bus was parked when the explosion occurred. Two other buses belonging to the same transport company were also affected by the fire that followed the blast. Despite the impact, no casualties were recorded because the vehicles were unoccupi...

A man has died after a crash in the state’s north overnight. About 9:15pm today (Sunday 5 April 2026), emergency services were called to Cullingral Road, Merriwa (approximately 70km north west of Muswellbrook), following reports of a crash. On arrival, officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District located a single vehicle which had left the road, before crashing into an embankment. NSW Ambulance paramedics attempted to treat a man – however; he died at the scene. He is yet to be for...

Actress Tori Spelling was reportedly rushed to the hospital after a car she was driving, with seven children on board, was involved in a serious crash earlier this week. The accident was first confirmed to TMZ on Saturday by law enforcement, who revealed that deputies were dispatched to a crash in Temecula, California, at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. They found two cars with collision damage. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has since told People Magazine that Spelling, 52, was driving four...