The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of one person, while three others sustained various degrees of burns in a petrol tanker explosion at a welder’s workshop in Amawbia area of Awka in Anambra. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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The Lagos State Government has restricted movement of Fuel Tankers to designated trailer route. This is coming following the tragic tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which claimed lives and property. The state government also said it was now mandatory for all articulated trucks coming into Lagos to obtain the […]
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Nine persons died in the petrol tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. There were four other serious injuries. […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service in Sokoto have seized a petrol tanker conveying 446 kegs of vegetable oil, with duty value of about N5.7m. The driver of the tanker and his escort were also arrested. Nasir Ahmed, the NCS Area Comptroller in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, said Bamus Global Co. Ltd. was written […]
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Two people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded in a filling station in Jos. It was revealed that four vehicles and four petrol tankers also caught fire. The inferno started inside the filling station along Ring-Bauchi Road in Jos North local government at weekend around 10pm when the filling station workers were […]
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Not less than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were, on Wednesday afternoon, burnt when a tanker laden with petrol fell and spilled its content on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The fire started at noon and raged for about an hour. Fire fighters arrived at the scene about […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) on Saturday said the death toll in the Friday petrol tanker accident in Felele area of Lokoja, has risen to 13. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Olusegun Martins, told journalists in Lokoja that three other victims died Friday night. He said a staff of the Kogi state Polytechnic […]
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