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.

A fuel tanker has overturned and exploded in Nigeria’s northern Niger State, killing at least 35 people, according to the country’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The vehicle skidded off the 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 ...

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

No fewer than 30 people were burnt beyond recognition while scooping petrol from a fallen tanker in Niger State. At least 40 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the tragic incident.

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 ...

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

Barely days after a deadly tanker explosion claimed 45 lives in Essa community, another fuel-laden tanker overturned on Saturday morning in Takalafiya, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, but ...

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it averted on Monday a major fire disaster after a gas-laden tanker overturned along the main carriageway at Chisco, inward Victoria Island, ...

Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- At least 35 people were killed and 46 others injured after a gasoline-laden tanker crashed and exploded in Niger State, central Nigeria, local authorities said Tuesday. The ...

On the average, in nearly every six months in Nigeria, trucks or tankers laden with ... and kin and began to scoop fuel that gushed from the felled tanker. Three hours after, there was an explosion ...