Eleven people were killed Wednesday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said. The incident in the western Maharashtra state is the latest to hit India’s creaking rail network, which carries millions of passengers each day and has seen several disasters over the years. …

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has unveiled an ambitious plan to position the state as a digital economy hub through a series of partnerships with tech giants, including Data Science Nigeria and google.org. Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement on the draft National Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill in Kaduna on Thursday, Sani, represented by the Commissioner for Business, Innovation, …

The Governor of Kogi State, Mr Usman Ododo has announced the establishment of the Ododo Youth Empowerment and Skill Acquisition Programme as part of his youth empowerment initiatives. He announced this on Tuesday in his statewide broadcast to mark the country’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary. Under this new initiative, 250 youths selected from across the 21 local government councils of …

Kano state Government says training and retraining of local government officials would continue to receive special attention for the overall interest of the residents across the 44 local government areas of the state. The state Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam disclosed this at a two day workshop organized by the state ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs on operational …

At least 32 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday night, authorities said. A fire services spokesman confirmed that multiple carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains — one for freight and the other carrying 350 passengers — collided about …