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A motor boy working as an apprentice with a trailer driver has been hospitalised following an accident in Ogbomoso in Oyo State.   A petrol-laden tanker, on Saturday afternoon, March 16, skidded and fell as it tried to negotiate the Takie roundabout in Ogbomoso.   The apprentice’s leg was crushed …

A fresh graduate of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, was crushed to death shortly after her clearance in preparation for NYSC.   Miss Mary Ogechi Ezekiel was on Tuesday, March. 5, crushed by a fast-moving tanker in front of the institution.    Ogechi had reportedly graduated with a first class from …

Two persons have lost their lives in a fuel-laden tanker explosion on Abakaliki–Onueke-Afikpo Expressway in Ebonyi.   Igwe Nnabuife, sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, December 30, 2023, in Abakaliki.   Mr Nnabuife said that …

The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT has arrested three stowaways aboard a Tanker Vessel FRONT Altiers at Lagos roadstead, bound for Europe.    The Commander, NNS Beecroft and Maritime Component Commander Of Operation Awatse, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, disclosed this in a statement signed by the base Information Officer, NNS Beecroft, Sub-Lieutenant …

No fewer than forty persons are feared dead when a tanker truck exploded after it broke down in central Liberia.    The petrol tanker crashed and tipped into a ditch along a road in Totota, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the capital Monrovia.   Videos shared online showed residents …

A diesel tanker went up in flames at the Ojota inward interchange in the early hours of Monday morning, Dec. 4.  The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), via it’s official account on X. It added that its personnel had been deployed to the scene.  …

A man and his wife emerged alive after they were trapped under a petrol-laden tanker for an hour.  The man explained that he and his wife were on their way home when the tanker crashed into them and then fell on their car trapping them.    Though their car was …

The Pentagon has said that the attempted hijacking was likely the work of Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters. The United States has said that a group of attackers who tried to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship over the weekend were probably Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters from nearby …

No fewer than 20 people sustained various degrees of injuries following a tanker explosion at a petrol station in Rigasa area of Kaduna.   Mr. Paul Aboi, Director, Kaduna State Fire Service, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, October 26, …

The raging fire was curtailed by the combined efforts of emergency authorities in the state. No fewer than 11 vehicles were burnt during a tanker fire incident in the Iganmu area of Lagos on the night of Thursday, October 12, 2023.