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’48 Hrs After Explosion Killed 98,’ Residents Scoop Oil As Another Tanker Falls

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Poverty or Greed,’ what Tinubu, other Nigerians said about the attitude to tanker fall, scooping and explosion   Barely two days after 98 people were burnt to death or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger State, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger State on Monday. In a widely circulated video online, young persons were seen milling around the broken down truck. While some managed to scoop, others fled in different directions, apparently to prevent being caught up in an unfortunate situation. Premium Times quoted a…

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Niger Tanker Explosion Death Toll Hits 86

Ganiyu Amodu

The death toll from the petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction, Niger State, on Saturday has risen to 86, while 55 people were injured and taken to hospital. As of Saturday, the death toll was reported as 70, with 50 injured. However, more corpses have since been recovered, and all have been given a mass burial in Dikko, Niger State. The Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. He stated that the agency, alongside Gurara Local Government Area and…

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