Tag: fuel tanker
FRSC averts major disaster as fuel tanker crashes in Kaduna
“Personnel of the Federal Fire Service and the Nigerian Police Force were also deployed to the scene and are working…
Tragedy averted as fuel tanker crashes in Lokoja
According to Mr. Tenimu Etuku, the FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, the incident occurred around 5 p.m. near the Crusher…
One feared dead as fuel tanker crushes two vehicles in Lagos
By Paul Dada A fuel tanker has fallen and crushed two buses at Kola Bus-Stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Alagbado,…
Another fuel tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
On Wednesday, a fuel tanker had exploded at Mobil Filling Station in Mushin area of Lagos burning a three-storey building.
Tanker explodes at Mushin petrol station, three-storey building burnt
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development in a statement…
JUST IN: Fuel tanker crushes many students to death in Delta
There was heightened anxiety on Thursday, in Effurun, near Warri, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, when a fuel…
Fuel tanker explodes in Ibadan
A tanker, fully loaded with petroleum product, exploded on Friday near Total filling station in Iyagankun area of Ibadan, setting…
Explosion averted as tanker with 60,000 litres of PMS falls in Lagos
Explosion has been averted at Anthony area of Lagos, as tanker conveying 60,000 litres of fuel fell, spilling the content.
Disaster averted, as fuel tanker falls on Lagos Airport Road
A major disaster has been averted at the Lagos Airport Road as a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Petroleum…
Again, Diesel tanker falls on Otedola Bridge
A fuel tanker carrying diesel has fallen a few metres beyond Otedola Bridge, inward Ogun State.
60 burnt to death in Tanzania’s fuel tanker explosion
A fuel tanker exploded in eastern Tanzania on Saturday killing at least 60 people, authorities said, as flames ripped through…
58 killed in Niger as fuel tanker explodes
A fuel tanker lorry has overturned and exploded near the airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, killing at least 58 people,…
Ibadan fuel tanker fire claims 2 lives, 4 vehicles
A tanker laden with petrol on Thursday fell and caught fire claiming two lives and burning four vehicles at Iwo…
Photos, Video: Fuel tanker explodes in Gombe
A fuel tanker has exploded at Bye-pass Road in Gombe State, as people scampered to safety. The incident occurred around…
PICTURES: Fuel tanker falls on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, causes havoc
Photos: Idowu Ogunleye A tanker conveying petroleum product has fallen on the very busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway causing gridlock and a…
Petrol tanker explosion kills 5, injures 6 in Kebbi
A fully loaded petrol tanker on Saturday exploded at Dabi in Kebbi, killing five people and injuring six others. The…
Another fuel tanker falls in Lekki, Lagos
Another fuel tanker fell in Lagos Sunday morning, June 7 on Lekki-Epe expressway. This comes after two fuel tankers fell…
Ambode laments Idimu fire disaster, calls stakeholders meeting Monday
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday visited the scene of a petrol tanker explosion which consumed 34…
Lagos West Senator-elect decries Idimu petrol tanker accident
The senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District, Hon. Solomon Adeola has expressed sadness over yet another petrol tanker accident at…
34 houses, 70 shops razed as another tanker explodes in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 34 houses and 70 shops have been razed in Lagos as another fuel tanker fell and…
Petrol Tanker Fire Burns 44 Shops, 21 Cars In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga A petrol tanker fell off the bridge, exploded and burnt 21 cars, 6 tricycles, 44 shops, five houses…
Fuel tanker accident kills 3 in Abuja
Three people were killed and three others injured in Zuba, FCT, when a tanker driver lost control of his vehicle,…
Nigeria: Six die in fuel tanker explosion
Six persons were killed on Friday night in a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government…
Fuel Tanker Crashes, Blocks Ikorodu Road
The only access road linking Ikorodu with the other parts of Lagos State was this morning blocked by a fuel…
Nigeria’s Poll Day Tragedy: Many Feared Killed in Fuel Tanker Fire
A fuel tanker has overturned at an army checkpoint near the Bauchi state border with Plateau state in central Nigeria,…