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.

The former Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, has called on the Federal Government to implement a 6pm ban on trucks and tanker movement in a bid to avert ...

Two suspects, Oyekunle Olaoluwa (35) and Akanji Ladele (51), were arrested at the scene. A third suspect, Basiru Azeez (30), ...

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

The Minna Operations Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has initiated a comprehensive awareness ...

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There was pandemonium on Thursday when a tanker carrying diesel fell around Nkpolu Junction along the East-West Road in Port ...

Partners with Kogi Agency on Disaster Management By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised the alarm over the high rate of fatalities resulting from tanker ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for precautionary actions against tanker accidents and fire ...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says tanker drivers have suspended their ongoing strike ...