Tag: Petrol Tanker
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PHOTOS: Many, including students, pupils feared dead in Lokoja Black Wednesday accident
Several persons, including students of Kogi State Polytechnic and some primary school pupils, have been killed in a Black Wednesday accident in Lokoja, Kogi State after a petrol tanker exploded and caught fire at Felele area in traffic gridlock. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports no fewer than 10 people have been confirmed dead after the petrol tanker…
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Tragedy averted in Abuja as NNPC tanker caught fire on motion (Photos)
A petrol tanker belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) caught fire on along Garki Area 1 axis in Abuja on Tuesday. According to reports from our correspondent, the tanker spilled an amount of fuel on the road thereby causing massive traffic. As a result of the fire incident, various commuters on the highway…
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Two vehicles burn as petrol tanker explodes in Ogun
A tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit leaked some of the inflammable product it was conveying around Ajileti, on Idiroko road, Ogun State, causing a fire that burnt two vehicles beyond recognition. The Idiroko unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, on Saturday, told News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun, that…
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Petrol tanker collides with tricycles in Yenagoa
Four persons have been critically injured in a ghastly motor accident involving a tanker laden with petrol and two commercial tricycles known as ”Keke NAPEP”. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident happened on Sunday morning along Akenpai, a suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. The accident, according to a resident who witnessed…
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Fatalities unknown as petrol tanker fire guts 7 vehicles in Lagos
A petrol tanker spilled its content along the Lagos-Badagry road between Barracks and Onireke in Ojo Local Government area of Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday causing a fire outbreak that consumed seven vehicles. The inferno, which began at about 5.00 a. m, destroyed the contents of a Mack trailer conveying crates of drinks…
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BREAKING: Pandemonium as petrol tanker tumbles, explodes on Festac bridge [Videos/photos]
There was pandemonium on Wednesday afternoon as a petrol tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) tumbled and exploded on Festac link bridge in Lagos, TheNewsGuru.com can authoritatively report. The tanker driver who was headed to the popular Apple Junction tumbled towards the Festac link bridge and exploded afterwards. When TheNewsGuru.com visited the…
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3 policemen dismissed for robbing petrol tanker in Delta
The Commissioner of Police in Delta, Mr Zanna Ibrahim, said three police officers had been dismissed from service for hijacking a petroleum tanker in the state. Ibrahim said the dismissed policemen were also being prosecuted. He disclosed this in Asaba while presenting to newsmen the culprits alongside 21 other suspects who committed various crimes ranging…