At least 555 people lost their lives in different petrol tanker explosions across Nigeria between January 2020 and January 2025, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) data reveals. Joyce ...

Critics say Niger’s junta has clamped down on civil rights and struggled to end the jihadi violence that the military said inspired them to take power. Ulf Laessing, the Sahel program director at the ...

Confirming the explosion, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety ... They have condoned the area and luckily there was no casualty. “The tanker busted into flames and I think it ...

A firefighting truck responding to a tanker explosion in Kontagora, Niger State, was reportedly involved in an accident on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said the truck skidded off the road while navigating its ...

Panic and tension gripped residents as a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded in Kontagora, the headquarters of Kontagora Local Government Area in Niger State, on Sunday night.

Eyewitnesses said the explosion occurred when Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, was being offloaded from the tanker ... of the disaster. The Niger State Sector Commander of the ...

the headquarters of Kontagora Local Government Area in Niger State, on Sunday night. According to reliable sources, the explosion occurred while the tanker was offloading its content into ...

There was pandemonium in Kontagora, Niger State, on Sunday when a petrol tanker exploded ... were yet to determine the cause of the explosion, but preliminary reports suggest a possible mechanical ...

In a series of tanker accidents and explosions in the first quarter of 2025, another explosion was recorded in the early hours of Sunday morning at Kontagora, Niger State. The explosion rocked the ...

The Director of Information at the Niger State Emergency ... was damaged apart from the burnt tanker. Authorities were yet to determine the cause of the explosion but preliminary reports suggest ...

According to reports, the explosion occurred as petrol was being offloaded from the tanker. The explosion was said to have ... Confirming the incident, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal ...