Tanker
General Transportation

8 die in tanker explosion in Delta

From Our Correspondent  The Federal Road Safety Corp’s (FRSC), on Sunday, confirmed eight persons dead in an early hour tanker explosion in Warri, Delta State. Seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accident that occured at the Koko Junction end of the Ologbo Bridge on the Warri-Benin highway. The Sector Commander of the FRSC […]

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Foreign News

Tanzania intercepts tanker ferrying 65 illegal immigrants

Tanzanian authorities said on Monday that they intercepted a fuel tanker ferrying 65 Ethiopian illegal immigrants in the southern highlands, an official said. Majid Mwanga, the Mlele District Commissioner in the southern highlands region of Katavi, said officials from the Immigration and Tanzania Forest Services Agency intercepted the empty fuel tanker at around 1.00 p.m. […]

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Environment General

2 die as diesel-ladden tanker crashes, explodes

Two persons died after a diesel-laden tanker crashed and exploded at Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Tuesday. It was gathered that the driver of the truck, with number plate DTM 109 XA, lost control while going toward Ogun State. Eyewitness said the driver crashed the truck against the railings of the […]

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Foreign News Health

Aussie state launches toolkit to support women’s well-being on World Menopause Day

Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday, announced the launching of a free online toolkit to raise awareness on menopause and offer women reliable resources.   Menopause is the time that marks the end of a woman’s menstrual cycle. It was diagnosed after she had gone 12 months without a menstrual period. Menopause […]

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Environment General

2 die, 3 injure in tanker explosion at Ota

Two persons were burnt beyond recognition while three others sustained injuries when a tanker, laden with petrol exploded at Ilo-Awela Junction, at Toll-Gate area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Ogun Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), who confirmed the development to newsmen in Ota, said that the incident happened at about 1.30 […]

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