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.

Dozens more were injured. Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo. More than 140 people ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency ...

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

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

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

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

Partners with Kogi Agency on Disaster Management By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised the alarm over the high rate of fatalities resulting from tanker ...