People often salvage fuel with cups and buckets, especially at a time when fuel prices have tripled since the government ended costly gas subsidies.

Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, where traffic regulations are not strictly enforced in many places and there is a lack of an efficient railway system to transport cargo.

The death toll from the devastating petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has climbed to over 100.

Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday.

More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle, emergency services said Wednesday. The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state's Majiya town when…

Police say fuel tanker driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed after he veered off the road to avoid colliding with a moving truck

An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147, the national emergency agency said.

JIGAWA STATE, Nigeria: A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa after the driver lost control of the vehicle, spilling petrol which exploded and killed at least 147 people, police and state emergency services said on Wednesday (Oct 16). The accident is one of the wor

Victims of the petrol tanker explosion in Majia Town of Jigawa State have been buried in a mass grave. Late Tuesday night, a tanker transporting petrol