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.

Dozens more were injured. Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo. More than 140 people ...

Stakeholders in the petroleum and transport sectors have called for improved road infrastructure and fewer highway ...

An eyewitness, Remi Olasunkanmi, said, “The incident occurred when the driver was trying to manoeuvre the potholes. Immediate ...

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

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