ABUJA (Reuters) -A fuel tanker overturned and exploded in Nigeria's northern Niger state on Tuesday, killing at least 35 ...

At least 42 people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel, an aid worker has told the BBC.

The recent petrol tanker explosion that occurred along the Agaie-Bida road, once again, re-echoed the agony which many communities along all the failed sections of federal highways in the country have ...

A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and ...

The death toll from a petrol tanker explosion in central Nigeria's Niger state has risen to 39 from 29, with dozens more injured, the rescue agency said Wednesday.

The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, involved a truck fully loaded with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinders.