The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed a gas explosion on Adeleye Street in the Doyin area of Orile-Iganmu, Lagos, leaving one person injured and two shops damaged. The Deputy Controller General of the Service, Mr Olajide Ogabi, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. According to him, the agency receives…
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed that the incident at Mando Motor Park in the early hours of April 5 involved a minor explosion from a CNG-powered bus and not a bomb blast. In a statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Ahmed Maiyaki, the government said preliminary findings indicated that the…
The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV) has reassured the public on the safety of natural gas following a vehicle explosion at a Kaduna motor park early Sunday. A statement signed by the Head, Brand and Communications Onyekachi Eke, Pi-CNG & EV, on behalf of Pi-CNG & EV management,…
The Nigeria Police Force in Kwara State has confirmed that one person was killed in an explosion triggered by an improvised explosive device in Woro, Kaiama Local Government Area. The blast, which occurred on Monday morning, involved a commercial vehicle and left a nursing mother seriously injured, while her baby escaped unhurt. State Commissioner of…
The number of victims affected by the gas explosion that occurred in Calabar on Saturday has risen to 60, the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports. Dr Henry Ayuk, the Commissioner for Health, made the disclosure during a visit to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), where the victims are receiving treatment. It will be…
Two persons lost their lives on Sunday following a tanker explosion opposite the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office along the Ihiala-Onitsha Road in Ihiala Loca Government Area of Anambra. Mrs Bridget Asekhauno, Sector Commander (FRSC), in Anambra, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. Asekhauno said the incident involved a commercial tanker with no…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has described as “tragic and unfortunate” the death and injury of nearly 50 people in a fuel tanker explosion in Niger State. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Musa Krishi. The incident…
No fewer than 35 persons have been feared dead, while 46 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a petrol tanker explosion on Bida–Agaie expressway, at Essa village in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State. Hajiya Aishatu Sa’adu, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency…
A petrol-laden tanker on Tuesday afternoon skidded off the road, overturned, and exploded along the Bida-Agaie Road in Niger State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, Hajiya Aishatu Sa’adu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. Sa’adu said the number of casualties had…
Four persons have been hospitalised following a collision and explosion involving two tankers at Dan Magaji area along the Zaria–Kaduna Expressway on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred in the early hours of the day and involved a tanker carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and another empty tanker. The impact of the collision resulted…
