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

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.

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,

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

Tsukwam said those who went to scoop fuel were engulfed by the flames just as those who went to rescue them were also affected.

A devastating fuel truck explosion in Dikko, Nigeria has claimed 98 lives. The incident occurred when residents attempted to collect fuel from an overturned truck. Emergency agencies recovered additional bodies,

The death toll in last Saturday's tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara local government area of Niger state has increased to 86 people as some of the injured victims died while receiving treatment.

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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.