•Tanker explosion A fuel tanker exploded today along the busy Ibadan Expressway in Oyo State, sparking a massive fire and severe traffic congestion between the Oremeji and Olorunsogo axis. As of the time of filing this report, no casualties had been confirmed, but the inferno was still ongoing as emergency responders battled to contain the [&h...
•The scene of the tanker explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday Barely 24 hours after a market fire destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira in Ibadan, the Oyo state Capital, another fire disaster has been recorded. This time, a petrol tanker exploded at the Tollgate end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway of the state […]
•Tanker explosion There is pandemonium among motorists along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following an explosion at the Otedola bridge axis of the expressway today. It was gathered through multiple footage shared on X that the explosion occurred this night. The videos showed thick flames emanating from the explosion. While the cause of the expl...
•Scene of tanker explosion A tragic incident has occurred in Karamin Rami village, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, when a fuel-laden tanker, struggling to manoeuvre through a bad road without a shoulder, lost balance and overturned, spilling its highly flammable Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) content into a nearby stream. The stream,...
•Plane crashes on road Two people were killed today when a small plane crashed on a major avenue in Brazil’s economic capital Sao Paulo and skidded into a bus, authorities said. It was unclear if the aircraft had been attempting an emergency landing shortly after taking off, reports AFP. It slid hundreds of meters along […]
•Fuel tanker explosion Three persons narrowly escaped death today as a fuel tanker exploded in Epe-Ijebu Ode expressway in Lagos State. The explosion resulted in confusion in the locality as nearby passers-by scampered for safety, reports Nigerian Tribune. The fuel tanker explosion occurred on the Lagos State end of the road. Two persons inclu...
•An explosion A yet to be identified female adult, narrowly escaped death following chemical explosion which resulted in inferno at 291 Old-Abeokuta Motor Road, opposite Vetland Secondary School, Agege, Lagos. The victim was immediately rescued by men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and other emergency responders, reports Saturday V...
There is panic among the residents and road users as another fuel-laden tanker has erupted in flames at the Jigawa-Kano border in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria. It is worth noting that this latest incident comes just a month after a deadly tanker explosion on October 15, 2024, in Majia, Taura Local Government Area, which left […]
A CNG-powered vehicle explosion at the NIPCO filling station in Aduwawa, Benin, Edo State, yesterday left three people severely injured, including a motorist who suffered eye injuries. An attendant at the station, who requested anonymity, told our correspondent today that two others — a woman whose stomach was ripped open and another person wh...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has described the latest increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as “unfortunate and insensitive”, urging the federal government to reverse the fuel price hike. In a lengthy post titled ‘Reversing the Sudden Fuel Price Increase’ pub...
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