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 ...

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.

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 ...

Barely a year after the Tanker explosion that killed over 100 people in Dikko junction in Niger state, another explosion has killed 35 people and injured several others at Essa on the Agaie- Baddegi ...

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 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, ...

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

A gas explosion on Sunday ripped through a section of the Orisunmibare Market, off Baale Street in the Orile-Iganmu area of ...