ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the deaths of more than 140 people in an explosion on Wednesday as they were trying to scoop up ...

At least 50 people have died after a gasoline tanker truck overturned and exploded, authorities said, with some of the people having died because they were trying to collect spilled fuel.

More than 100 people were killed and 50 others injured, after a gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in Nigeria, police reported on Wednesday.

More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency services said Wednesday.

More than 140 people, including children, are dead in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said Monday.

Nigeria’s emergency response agency says a fuel tanker has collided head-on with another truck causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people.

At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the ...

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A victim of a tanker explosion from Majiya town receive treatment at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sani Maikatanga) ...

Abuga, Nigeria — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency said.