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As 2019 approaches, Nigerians must demand for safer ways to transport petroleum products
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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tragedy: Tanker explosion leaves 3 people dead, 4 others injured in Katsina
by Adeola Balogun File photo A fuel-related inferno has led to the deaths of three people in Katsina State after vehicles transporting the product caught fire. Four other persons were…
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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…
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Tragic: 7 people die as fuel tanker loses control in Lagos
File photo 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…
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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,…
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Fuel storage tank explodes in Lagos – See Photos
Apapa MRS tank on fire 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…
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Tragic Sunday: 13 dead as petrol tanker and commercial bus collide and burst into flames in Osun
by Funso Ajewole An accident scene 13 people are feared dead after a petrol tanker rammed into a commercial bus at Odo Oba in Ogbomoso, the Osun state capital earlier…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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