An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147, the national emergency agency said.

KANO: A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed almost 100 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday. Many of the victims had ...

Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after the tanker crashed in northern Jigawa state late on Tuesday, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam told AFP

Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on road after the tanker crashed

Most of the victims were killed in an explosion after they surrounded the accident scene, the police said.

MAJIYA: An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147, officials told AFP on Wednesday.The...

More than 140 people were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while bystanders were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle,…

Tragedy has stricken in major northwest state, Jigawa, as over 100 people died in an explosion and 55 injured. Details of the incident have been published.

The majority of the victims had gathered around the tanker to scoop fuel before the explosion occurred, the police spokesperson stated.

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, has expressed sorrow over the tragic tanker explosion in Majiya town, in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Naija News reported that the incident happened at around 12:30 am on Wednesday, with the tanker said to have fallen, making villagers scoop fuel before the explosion. […]

ABUJA | Xinhua |  At least 90 people were killed and 50 others sustained various degrees of injury after a gasoline tanker exploded in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa late Tuesday, police said on Wednesday. The victims were mostly people who had rushed to the scene to collect gasoline after the tanker lost control and …

Victims of the petrol tanker explosion in Majia Town of Jigawa State have been buried in a mass grave. Late Tuesday night, a tanker transporting petrol

"Close to 140 people were put in a mass grave apart from people buried in other places," Nura Abdullahi, head of the National Emergency Management Agency in the region, told The Associated Press.

JIGAWA STATE, Nigeria: A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa after the driver lost control of the vehicle, spilling petrol which exploded and killed at least 147 people, police and state emergency services said on Wednesday (Oct 16). The accident is one of the wor

President Bola Tinubu has expressed grieve over the death of 105 people in the petrol tanker explosion that occurred on Tuesday in Majia town, Jigawa State. Naija News reports that Tinubu, in a statement through the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, directed the Secretary to the Government of the […]

At least 105 people have been confirmed dead following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Naija News reported that the incident happened at around 12:30 am on Wednesday, with the tanker said to have fallen, making villagers scoop fuel before the explosion. The Public Relations Officer […]

Those killed include local residents who gathered to collect fuel from the tanker after it crashed.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated this in a voicemail he sent to journalists in Kano on Wednesday.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken a notable action after a fuel tanker exploded in Jigawa state, northern Nigeria, killing at least 104 people.

Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has expressed sadness over the reported death of 105 persons in the Tuesday petrol tanker explosion in Majia town in Jigawa

More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle, emergency services said Wednesday.

Worried by the casualties of the tanker explosion in Jigawa State, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday dispatched the Secretary to the Government of the