Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150, injures dozens. Police say explosion on Jigawa state expressway happened as people rushed to the overturned vehicle to collect fuel.

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 Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno.

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

A petrol tanker carrying 45,000 liters of fuel exploded after crashing on the Iseyin/Oyo Road in Oyo State, Nigeria, on ...

No fewer than 349 lives have been lost in various disasters that occurred between September 2024 and May 2025 across Niger State.

More than 140 people, including children, have been killed and dozens others injured after a fuel tanker overturned and blew up in Nigeria on Wednesday. The overturned tanker sparked an explosion ...