At least 42 people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel, an aid worker has told the BBC.

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THE fresh tragic tanker fire on the Bida-Agaie Highway has once again highlighted a grim reality: failing infrastructure ...

A major disaster was averted, yesterday evening, after a fuel-laden tanker fell and spilled its contents in front of the Nigerian Maritime Resources Development Centre, a facility of the Nigerian ...

The acrid smell of burnt rubber and charred bodies still lingers over the scorched stretch of the Bida-Badegi-Agaie Road; a grim testament to yet another preventable catastrophe in Niger State’s long ...

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A major tragedy was averted on Tuesday evening after a fuel-laden tanker fell and spilled its contents in front of the ...

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has expressed condolences to the families of the victims of a tanker explosion that claimed no fewer than 35 lives and left 17 people hospitalised. Bago, in a ...

In tonight’s edition, dozens are killed in northern Nigeria following a gasoline tanker explosion. Also, Ivorian authorities say their pre-election tightening of security is aimed at ensuring Saturday ...

The recent petrol tanker explosion that occurred along the Agaie-Bida road, once again, re-echoed the agony which many communities along all the failed sections of federal highways in the country have ...