About four people were thrown southward. We could hear them crying and screaming in the air,” Abubakar Jibrin, a witness who narrowly escaped the fire, told PREMIUM TIMES.

At least 70 people have been killed in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said.

Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, Secondary, and Tertiary, Senator Ipalibo Harry Banigo, has urged motorists to exercise caution and avoid reckless driving. The lawmaker said this in her condolence message to the government and people of Niger State following the tanker explosion the led to death of scores of residents.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said

In response to the tragic petrol tanker fire disaster at Dikko Junction in Niger State, the National Emergency Management Agency has distributed food, non-food items, and medical supplies to support the treatment of injured victims and provide relief to the affected families.

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

The death toll from the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 98, according to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA).

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive, 20 victims of last Saturday’s devastating tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State have been transferred to the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital in Abuja for advanced medical treatment.

NUPENG, who blamed the incident on bad roads, said, "We want to use this opportunity to urgently appeal to the Federal government to repair bad roads to