Tanker explosion kills 30, injures 40 in Niger

Thirty persons were killed, and another forty sustained various degrees of burns while scooping petroleum products from a trailer tanker involved in an accident at about 11 o’clock in the morning on Tuesday, 21st October 2025, along Essa and Badeggi communities, between Bida and Agaie Road, in Katcha Local Council of Niger State.

by Bala Yahaya, Minna