While we are yet to get over the June 2018 Otedola bridge fire accident, the Abia pipeline explosion occurred recently killing scores of people. The devastating explosion which claimed many lives is the second fire incident in the country in the year 2018 that will claim scores of lives without proper emergency evacuation services. In... Read More

December 13, 2017

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20 vehicles burnt as tanker explodes in Lagos (PHOTOS)

At least 20 vehicles were burnt after a tanker laden with fuel fell and exploded in Festac on Wednesday. See photos below; Photo credit : Hycinth Iyereosa

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December 13, 2017

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Tanker explodes, 20 vehicles burnt in Festac

A tanker laden with petrol has fallen on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos state, burning at least 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles. The fire started on Wednesday at noon, after the fallen tanker spilled its content. It was reported that firefighters did not have enough water, even after arriving 30... Read More

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December 8, 2016

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Just In: Many feared dead as petrol tanker explodes in Edo

A tanker explosion has reportedly killed many persons at Abudu, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo. According to The Punch, the incident occurred on Thursday when the tanker rammed into two bullion vans loaded with cash in an head-on collision. Reports say, that ‎two commercial buses were also caught up in the accident. According to a source, the... Read More

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November 25, 2016

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Petrol tanker with smuggled rice intercepted

The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a petrol tanker and about 25 other vehicles loaded with smuggled bags of rice, The Punch reports. The new Area Controller of the Ogun Command, Hassan Gangua, made this known on Thursday stating that the interceptions were recorded in different parts of the state in the last two weeks. Ganga said... Read More

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September 26, 2016

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Tanker crushes driver to death in Lagos

A tanker in the early hours of Sunday crushed a man to death at Ikorodu roundabout in Lagos, The Nation reports. The accident occurred at about 3am when the tanker marked AGL664XG lost control and rammed into the driver of an Hyundai car marked KJA421AH while trying to make a u-turn. The tanker belonging to... Read More

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September 25, 2016

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Oil tanker crushes car, one killed in Lagos (PHOTOS)

The Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) said a tanker laden with PMS in the early hours of Sunday fell on a car at Ikorodu. The agency said it got a distress call via Lagos State emergency number, 767/112 regarding the incident. According to LASEMA, the tanker belonging to Forte Oil while trying to make a... Read More

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January 4, 2016

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Trailer falls at Ojuelegba, causes gridlock (PHOTOS)

Just when people thought the menace of falling trailers ended with 2015, a trailer in the Ojuelegba axis of Lagos decided to prove everyone wrong. Commuters who are making their way to work probably for the first time in 2016 have been stuck in a traffic gridlock caused by a fallen trailer. The trailer was... Read More

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April 10, 2015

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How tanker driver crushed naval officer to death in Apapa

by Chinwe Okafor A tanker driver, identified simply as Mike, has crushed to death a 47-year-old naval officer, Tali Muhammed, in the Apapa area of Lagos State. According to reports by Punch, the tanker was said to be heading for a private park on Dockyard Road, Apapa, when the incident happened. Apparently, Muhammed was part of a traffic team overseeing the... Read More

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March 18, 2015

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Lagos tanker explosion kills three, guts market in Ikorodu

by Chinwe Okafor A petrol tanker went up in flames on the Odo Eran Road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State leaving three people dead and property estimated at millions of naira destroyed on Tuesday. The incident which occurred at about 6.30am near the Ikorodu General Hospital, happened due to the sloppy upward road which caused the tanker’s... Read More

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January 30, 2015

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Hospital tanker explosion kills 3, leaves several injured in Mexico

by Chinwe okafor A gas tank lorry exploded outside a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City, killing a woman and two babies. The explosion devastated the hospital and left it completely destroyed. It is believed to have been a gas leak from a gas lorry which was making a delivery that caused the explosion. The... Read More

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September 13, 2014

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Tragic: Fatal accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

by Akan Ido A fatal accident happened on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday morning. In the accident, two Mazda cars collided with a fuel tanker which immediately caught fire. The number of casualties in unclear but unofficial reports put the number of at nine. Officials of the Nigeria Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corps and... Read More

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May 25, 2014

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Tragic news: NYSC member crushed to death by fuel tanker in Kwara

by S’ola Filani A vehicle conveying petrol on Saturday evening crushed to death, a member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Muibi Abdulrasak, in Ilesha-Baruba town of Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara. An eyewitness account revealed that the deceased and his colleague were riding on a commercial motorcycle when the incident occurred.... Read More

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October 26, 2013

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Tragic news: 6 people die as 2 fuel tankers explode in Kaduna

by Adeola Balogun An inferno resulting from a fuel tanker explosion has left 6 people dead in Kaduna State. The incident reportedly occurred yesterday night in Maraban Jos in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Abdullahi Kwarau, in confirming the incident said that two fuel laden... Read More

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August 1, 2013

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Tragic: 7 people die as fuel tanker loses control in Lagos

by Isi Esene Seven people were yesterday killed at Ogolonto bus stop near Ikorodu, Lagos, when a fuel laden tanker lost control and careened into container shop. The victims were reportedly removed from the scene of the unfortunate incident around 7:10pm according to the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe. Fadipe said the truck, which... Read More

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January 22, 2013

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Nigerian tanker hijacked in Ivory Coast

Armed men have seized a Nigerian tanker carrying 5,000 tons of jet fuel in the Ivory Coast port of Abidjan, officials say. Authorities first reported the hijacking of the vessel, with 16 Nigerian crew members on board, on Monday. The ITRI was seized as it was preparing to deposit the fuel at the port, according... Read More

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January 9, 2013

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Fuel storage tank explodes in Lagos – See Photos

by Akan Ido An oil vessel on Wednesday morning exploded at MRS Tin Can depot in Lagos, causing panic. Details of casualties are not yet known, neither is the extent of damage ascertained . See more photos below: – Photos courtesy of SaharaReporters

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January 6, 2013

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Tragic Sunday: 13 dead as petrol tanker and commercial bus collide and burst into flames in Osun

by Funso Ajewole 13 people are feared dead after a petrol tanker rammed into a commercial bus at Odo Oba in Ogbomoso, the Osun state capital earlier today. Although details of the crash are still hazy, the tanker and bus are reported to have caught fire immediately. It was not clear where they were heading... Read More

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August 6, 2012

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Tragedy strikes again: 5-year-old girl dies in a petrol tanker accident

by Isi Esene A five-year-old girl died yesterday on Iwo Road, Ibadan, when a bus she was riding in drove over petrol which was spilled on the road by a tanker with registration number KANO XF 380 DAL. The spilled petrol was ignited by the vehicle’s exhaust and burst into flames causing mayhem. Other occupants of... Read More

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June 15, 2012

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Here and There: Somehow we have passed shame, by Amma Ogan

by Amma Ogan Being in Lagos at the time of the Dana Airlines plane crash was like looking on at the filming of a movie based on a true story. Casting, directing, screenplay, absolutely seamless. There was not a single component missing, horror, grief, trauma, shocked disbelief, managerial and administrative dysfunction. The media did not... Read More

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June 2, 2012

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Sad: Two serious accidents in two days on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

by Stanley Azuakola It was another sad scene on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday night, as about twenty-four vehicles were burnt when a fuel tanker upturned on the expressway, began to leak its contents which subsequently caught fire which engulfed everything in its path. Barely 48 hours before this incident, there had been a similar... Read More

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