Nigerian president confirms 80 killed in gasoline tanker explosion

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-01-19

ABUJA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu confirmed on Sunday that more than 80 people were killed and many others injured after a tanker laden with gasoline exploded when it overturned, spilling its contents on a busy road in the country's north-central state of Niger on Saturday. Expressing "deep sorrow" over the incident and the immense human toll in a statement, Tinubu described the explosion as "devastating," recalling tha......

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