The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.

Fuel tanker explosions have become common in Nigeria. Last month, at least 59 people died when a passenger truck and two other vehicles hit a toppled-over fuel tanker that had caught fire.

GLOBAL oil prices settled around $68 per barrel on June 25, after nearly reaching $80 just days earlier during the tensions ...

Lokoja--The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has called for precautionary measures to prevent tanker accidents and fire disasters in the country.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been identified as crucial to reducing inflation in Nigeria, according to a report by the Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited think tank.

Two suspects, Oyekunle Olaoluwa (35) and Akanji Ladele (51), were arrested at the scene. A third suspect, Basiru Azeez (30), ...

Stakeholders in the petroleum and transport sectors have called for improved road infrastructure and fewer highway ...

There was pandemonium on Thursday when a tanker carrying diesel fell around Nkpolu Junction along the East-West Road in Port ...

An eyewitness, Remi Olasunkanmi, said, “The incident occurred when the driver was trying to manoeuvre the potholes. Immediate ...

A petrol tanker carrying 45,000 liters of fuel exploded after crashing on the Iseyin/Oyo Road in Oyo State, Nigeria, on ...

Executive Breakfast Presentation for July, the think tank noted that Dangote Refinery had become the key mechanism for reduci ...