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.

The tragic fuel tanker explosion in Niger State on October 21, 2025, has once again underscored the perilous state of road ...

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 ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State ...

A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and ...

The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, involved a truck fully loaded with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinders.

THE recent explosion of petrol tanker in a community inNiger State on Tuesday, October 21, exposes yet another deadly survival risk ...

In the last 15 years, Nigeria has witnessed horrendous humanitarian consequences of armed conflict, and in addition, faces ...