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

A tragic gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria has resulted in the death of more than 140 people, including children, as they were gathering fuel from the overturned truck. Such deadly tanker accidents are unfortunately common in Nigeria due to the lack of a proper railway transport system. 

Police say fuel tanker driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed after he veered off the road to avoid colliding with a moving truck

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 road after the tanker crashed

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

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.

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed profound grief over the tragic oil tanker explosion in Majiya, Jigawa State, which claimed the lives of over 105 people and left several others injured. In a statement released by his media aide, Garba Shehu, Buhari described the incident as one of the deadliest tragedies in Nigeria’s recent history. […]

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,…

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...

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has commenced investigation into the cause of the accident. Naija News reports that this is coming 24 hours after a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) exploded in Jigawa State, killing over 150 persons and injuring many others. The unfortunate accident had happened at Majia town, […]

As at press time, no fewer than 147 persons have been confirmed dead and at least 72 injured in the explosion on Wednesday morning.

"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.

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. […]

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

The death and injury toll in the petrol tanker explosion that occurred in Jigawa State has increased. The Eagle Online recalls that the explosion occurred

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 …

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 […]

A devastating fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria overnight claimed at least 94 lives after a crowd gathered around the vehicle, which had overturned and was leaking petrol. The tanker, traveling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe state, lost control in the town of Majia, Jigawa state, around 23:30 local time, according to police reports.

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 […]

The death toll from the devastating petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has climbed to over 100.

NUPENG, in a statement through its President Prince Williams Akporeha and General Secretary Afolabi Olawole, lamented the tragic loss of over one hundred lives, the destruction of properties, and the injuries sustained by many in the devastating incident.

People often salvage fuel with cups and buckets, especially at a time when fuel prices have tripled since the government ended costly gas subsidies.

FRSC Corps Marshal, Malam Shehu Mohammed, said this in a statement from the office of the Corps Public Education Officer on Wednesday in Abuja.

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

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

Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A crashed fuel tanker exploded Tuesday night in northern Nigeria, killing 147 people and injuring many others who had gathered around the overturned vehicle to gather leaking gasoline, the West African nation's emergency management agency said.

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

It would be recalled that a petrol tanker went off in flames killing over 100 people with many others severely burnt.

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

Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, where traffic regulations are not strictly enforced in many places and there is a lack of an efficient railway system to transport cargo.

According to reports, the explosion, which happened around 11:30 pm, claimed over 100 lives and left more than 70 individuals seriously injured. 

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. The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state's Majiya town when…

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.

The delegation will have the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; and Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali.

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

More than 140 people died in northern Nigeria when an overturned tanker truck exploded and crowds gathered around it to collect fuel, according to the latest figures released by emergency services on…