Officials in Nigeria have announced that , at least 54 people were killed and scores more were injured in two separate road accidents on Tuesday.
Women and children were among the victims.
At least 37 people were killed in one of the crashes when two buses collided head-on and burst into flames on a highway connecting the north-eastern cities of Maiduguri and Damaturu.
According to a regional official of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Commission, some passengers were burned beyond recognition inside the buses.
The other accident on the outskirts of the capital, Abuja, killed 17 people when a passenger bus had a head-on-collision with a truck.
The authorities say both accidents were caused by speeding.
Road accidents are common in Nigeria and are often blamed on bad roads, poor maintenance of vehicles and disregard for traffic rules.