No fewer than seventeen tricycles and two petrol tankers were destroyed following two separate fire outbreaks at filling stations in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement today. Abdullahi said the first incident happened at AA Ayagi filling station, Kanye vill...
The Western Zone of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has said tankers will no longer load more than 45,000 litres of the product from October 1. The Chairman of the zone, Chief Oyewole Akanni, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Ibadan today, reports NAN. Akanni stated that the measure was [&helli...
•A large capacity truck Nigeria may face a tanker shortage as the federal government yesterday disclosed plans to ban 60,000 and 45,000-litre capacity trucks. While most tankers hauling petroleum products across the country are around 45,000 litres, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said such capacit...
•The scene of tanker explosion last night Fire gutted two petrol-laden tankers at an MRS filling station along the Numan Road, opposite the Jezco filling station near the Yola International Airport last night. The road leading into Yola, the state capital, was blocked as curious residents of the area rushed out to catch a glimpse […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers transporting vegetable oil in Lagos State. The agency made this announcement in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, highlighting that the tankers were intercepted in the Apapa area of the state. In a video shared in [&hell...
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