Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, ...

The explosion resulted in heavy casualties, with local authorities working to identify the dead and provide aid to survivors.

Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after the tanker crashed in northern Jigawa state late ...

Dozens of people in northern Nigeria were killed in a massive explosion as they tried to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker ...

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

More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria exploded. Witnesses and relatives of victims ...

Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an ...

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an ...

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

People carry the body of a victim of a tanker explosion in Majia, Nigeria [Sani Maikatanga/AP] “The tanker crashed while conveying products to the northern parts of Nigeria. It was driving along ...

The driver of the tanker lost control of the vehicle, which tipped over in Nigeria’s Jigawa state. As locals rushed to ...