Kumar Tsukwam, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), gave the update on the accident.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said most of the victims, a majority were burnt beyond recognition. Fuel ...

A fuel-laden tanker burst into flames in Niger state, northcentral Nigeria, on Saturday, January 18, sending shockwaves ...

Tsukwam said a truck carrying 60,000 litres of gasoline had an accident around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) at the Dikko junction on ...

By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 60 people were killed and others injured in northern Nigeria on ...

A petrol tanker truck exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had gathered to take ...

The blast took place in the early hours of Saturday morning after a group of people attempted to move fuel from one tanker ...

Niger State's Federal Road Safety Corps says scores of others were injured collecting spilled oil from the tanker ...

Kumar Tsukwam, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), gave the update on the accident.

MAIDUGURI NIGERIA - At least 60 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a fuel tanker truck ...

At least 70 people were killed in central Nigeria on Saturday when a fuel tanker that had overturned burst into flames, ...

Niger is a largely Muslim state in Africa's most populous nation. Earlier, Kumar Tsukwam, the Federal Road Safety Corps sector commander for Niger state, said most of the victims were impoverished ...