Video footage circulating on social media showed the moment of the blast, with a fireball rising into the sky above the road.

Dozens of people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel. Villagers rushed to collect fuel from ...

The explosion occurred along the Benin-Auchi express road following a petrol leak that occurred when the fuel tanker fell to the ground. Quite a number of people have reportedly died following a ...