The Southern Governors Forum has condoled with Umar Bago, governor of Niger, over the petrol tanker explosion in Gurara LGA of the state.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Saturday visited the site of a petrol tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State.

A devastating fuel truck explosion in Dikko, Niger State, Nigeria, resulted in 86 casualties. The disaster unfolded as residents attempted to collect fuel from an overturned truck. Nearly 55 individuals were injured,

The recent explosion of an oil tanker in Nigeria, which killed nearly 98 people, has brought attention to the growing number of fatalities from simil

Just two days after over 90 people were burnt to death in a tanker explosion that also left scores injured in Niger State, residents massed around another fallen truck in another community.

The death toll from a fuel truck blast in Nigeria has reached 86, the director-general of the regional emergency agency said. A petrol truck overturned and exploded on Saturday in Dikko, Niger State,

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, the country's national emergency agency said.

A tragic explosion in north-central Nigeria has claimed 98 lives after individuals attempted to transfer gasoline from a crashed oil tanker. The nation's emergency agency warns that the death count may rise.

"About four people were thrown southward. We could hear them crying and screaming in the air," Abubakar Jibrin, a witness who narrowly escaped the fire, told PREMIUM TIMES.

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has executed the village head of Malam Boulamari, a locality in Niger's Diffa region.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday.