Tragic weekend in Niger as 70 burnt scooping petrol from crashed tanker
15 hours ago · Similarly, on September 8, 2024, at least 48 people were killed when a tanker truck collided with another vehicle at Agaie-Lapai Road, in Niger State, which resulted in an explosion.
How power generator caused Niger petrol tanker tragedy
19 hours ago · The Niger State Emergency Managent Agency, NSEMA, confirmed the death of 50 persons from the petrol tanker explosion that occured in Dikko-Maje road in Niger state today.
60 perish in Niger petrol tanker explosion - Vanguard News
12 hours ago · No fewer than 60 people have died in a petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. Several other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in ...
Death toll in Niger petrol tanker explosion now 70
22 hours ago · The tanker flipped over and people gathered to scoop spilt fuel. “The death toll stands at 70 so far,” Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Niger State, told newsmen.
Fuel tanker explosion: Niger death toll hits 86, 55 injured
6 hours ago · The death toll from the petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction, Niger State, on Saturday has risen to 86, while 55 people were injured and taken to hospital. As of Saturday, the death toll was ...
UPDATE: 70 dead, 56 injured in Niger tanker explosion – NEMA
17 hours ago · Meanwhile, Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday expressed grief over the tragic tanker explosion that occurred today at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway in Niger State ...
Petrol tanker explosion claims 50 lives in Niger
Over 50 persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion along Dikko-Maje road, opposite Badeggi fuelling station, in Suleja LGA of Niger State, on Saturday. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, Federal Road ...
UPDATED: 50 confirmed dead in Niger tanker explosion
1 day ago · No fewer than 50 people have been confirmed dead in the tanker explosion at Dikko along the Abuja/Kaduna expressway. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) confirmed the casualty ...
Nigeria tanker: More than 50 killed in Niger state collision - BBC
Sep 9, 2024 · Fifty-nine people have been confirmed dead in central Nigeria's Niger state, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the state emergency agency said.
Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion kills at least 70 people ...
21 hours ago · In September, an explosion killed at least 48 people in Niger state after gasoline tanker collided with another truck conveying cattle. There were 1,531 gasoline tanker crashes in 2020 resulting in 535 fatalities and 1,142 injuries, according to …