The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.

Fuel tanker explosions have become common in Nigeria. Last month, at least 59 people died when a passenger truck and two other vehicles hit a toppled-over fuel tanker that had caught fire.

ABUJA, Nigeria — 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 ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — 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 ...

Fuel tanker explosions make up a small portion of reported road-related deaths in Nigeria, a country of about 220 million people where more than 5,000 people died and 31,000 others were injured in ...

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday. CNN values your feedback 1.

Dozens more were injured. Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo. More than 140 people ...

Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 140 and injures dozens more - The explosion happened after the tanker overturned in Jigawa state and people rushed the vehicle to scoop up the fuel ...

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

The former Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, has called on the Federal Government to implement a 6pm ban on trucks and tanker movement in a bid to avert ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday. CNN values your feedback 1.