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School bus catches fire in Thailand, 25 feared dead

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Firefighter works to extinguish a burning bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa © Thomson Reuters
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalised, the government said.

Firefighters work to extinguish a burning bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Police could not immediately confirm the number of injuries or deaths but Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters about 25 people were believed to have been killed, without elaborating.

Firefighters work to extinguish a burning bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Sixteen students and three teachers were sent to a hospital for treatment, Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said, adding the causes of the incident were still be investigated.

Early images posted on social media and carried by local news outlets showed thick grey smoke pouring out of the bus, parts of which were still on fire.

The blaze was later extinguished. A Reuters photographer saw fire trucks, police and rescue vehicles parked around the blackened vehicle, with a cluster of firefighters at the entrance.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the students were on a field trip from the province of Uthai Thani, about 250 km (155 miles) north of the capital.

Firefighters work to extinguish a burning bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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“As a mother, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families,” she said in a social media post on X.

(Reporting by Chalinee Thirasupa, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Martin Petty)

Rescue workers extinguish a burning bus carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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Firefighters gather around a burnt-out bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly leading to some on board being hospitalised, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
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FG approves establishment of Bola Tinubu polytechnic

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The Nigerian Government has approved the establishment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic in Gwarinpa, Abuja.

This move is part of a national effort to ensure that every state in Nigeria has at least one federal polytechnic.

The decision, made public in a letter dated January 9, 2025, was addressed to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, by Education Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa.

The letter, which was received by Wike’s office on January 16, 2025, urged the FCT Minister to propose possible locations for both the temporary and permanent sites of the polytechnic in Gwarinpa.

A team from the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Board for Technical Education will assess the suggested locations before final approval.

The new institution aims to foster training in technology, vocational skills, and entrepreneurship.

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ASUU kicks against Senate attempt to dismantle the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) through the proposed tax reform bill.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the National Assembly and the National Economic Council against any attempt to dismantle the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) through the proposed tax reform bill.
In a press conference at Bayero University, Kano, on Wednesday, ASUU Zonal Coordinator for Kano Zone, Professor Abdulkadir Muhammad, stressed that the union would not stand by while its key initiative is dismantled.

Titled Nigeria Tax Bill 2024 and Its Consequences on TETFund: Killing the Brainchild of ASUU, Professor Muhammad argued that Nigerian universities could face imminent collapse if the bill currently before the assembly is passed

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Ibadan stampede: Court grants Principal, Hamzat, Silekunola bail

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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted bail to the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat; and Olori Naomi Silekunola, an estranged wife of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

The bail was granted by Justice K.B. Olawoyin on Monday.

Our correspondent reports that the trio were granted bail after the judge listened to the arguments of their counsels.

DAILY POST reports that the three were being prosecuted over a stampede that occurred at the school.

No fewer than thirty-five children died during the incident, which happened on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

An Oyo State Magistrate Court in Iyaganku had earlier ordered that the trio be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Facility.

Details later…

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