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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charred remains of a petrol tanker lie at the scene of a deadly explosion that killed dozens along the Bida-Agaie road in Niger ...

A tanker explosion killed a driver and a conductor opposite the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, office along the Ihiala-Onitsha Road in Ihiala Local ...

"Eyewitnesses said the tanker driver, who was speeding, lost control and rammed into a roadside barricade before an explosion occurred, which also affected a motorcycle trailing behind."Two people ...

An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel and many were killed, police and witnesses said Saturday. "We have recovered 12 corpses and taken ...

Two persons were killed and one other injured on Sunday after a petrol-laden tanker exploded along the Ihiala area of the Onitsha–Owerri Road in Anambra State.The incident occurred opposite the office ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A tanker truck laden with gasoline explodes in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police say.

Two people lost their lives in a diesel tanker explosion early Thursday along the Badagry Expressway, Lagos, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed. The incident occurred at the ...

Federal authorities have refused to allow local officials to participate in their investigation. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news ...