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.

Fuel tanker explosions make up a small portion of reported road-related deaths in Nigeria, a country of about 220 million people where more than 5,000 people died and 31,000 others were injured in ...

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 ...

Victims of a tanker explosion from Majiya town receive treatment at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, says he plans to build the “biggest, deepest seaport in Nigeria”. In an ...