The death toll from a fuel truck blast in Nigeria has reached 86, the director-general of the regional emergency agency said.
A petrol truck overturned and exploded on Saturday in Dikko, Niger State, killing people who had gone to scoop up fuel from the wreckage.
"80 of them are in mass grave at Dikko (primary health centre), while 5 were carried away into town by relatives and 1 died at Dikko PHC," Abdullahi Baba-Ara, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement on Sunday.
A further 55 people were injured.
To halt the infiltration of armed groups, Nigeria's top defence official suggests an ambitious plan to entirely fence the nation's borders with its four neighbouring countries.
At least 21 athletes have died after their bus veered off a bridge in Kano while returning from a national sports event.
Türkiye expressed deep sorrow Saturday over the devastating floods in Nigeria’s Niger State, which have claimed over 150 lives.
At least 117 people have died after severe flooding hit central Nigeria following heavy rains earlier this week.
At least 21 people, including children, have died in floods triggered by heavy rains in Nigeria’s Niger state, officials said.
The European Union and China will hold a new round of trade talks this month, ahead of a planned EU-China summit in July, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a major anti-scam operation across seven Asian jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Macao, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Latvia, Colombia, Liberia, Congo, and Bahrain—have been elected to the United Nations Security Council in an uncontested vote.
The British government has threatened legal action against Roman Abramovich to ensure that the £2.5 billion from his 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club goes to victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a series of decrees confirming sweeping changes in the military command, including the appointment of Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new commander of the Joint Forces.
On May 28, the inauguration ceremony of Lachin International Airport was held.
Taxi drivers across France are protesting government plans to cut payments for driving patients to medical appointments. These cuts are part of a broader effort by Prime Minister François Bayrou to save €40 billion in the 2026 budget and reduce the country’s large deficit.
Brazil’s economy is expected to have regained momentum in the first quarter of 2025, driven by a surge in household spending and private investment, according to a Reuters poll of economists conducted from May 21–26.
As peace talks progress, voices from Yerevan, Tbilisi, and Baku reveal hopes, concerns, and expectations for a future shaped by trade, trust, and generational change in the South Caucasus.
In a major blow to one of President Donald Trump’s key economic policies, a US federal court has blocked the administration’s sweeping global tariff regime, ruling that the White House overstepped its constitutional authority.
Smoke from intense wildfires burning across Canada has spread thick haze over parts of the US Midwest, causing “very unhealthy” air quality in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan on Tuesday.
Bill Gates says nearly all of his wealth will go toward improving health and education across Africa over the next 20 years.
The European Union and China will hold a new round of trade talks this month, ahead of a planned EU-China summit in July, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a major anti-scam operation across seven Asian jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Macao, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Latvia, Colombia, Liberia, Congo, and Bahrain—have been elected to the United Nations Security Council in an uncontested vote.
The European Union and China will hold a new round of trade talks this month, ahead of a planned EU-China summit in July, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a major anti-scam operation across seven Asian jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives, and Macao, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Latvia, Colombia, Liberia, Congo, and Bahrain—have been elected to the United Nations Security Council in an uncontested vote.
The British government has threatened legal action against Roman Abramovich to ensure that the £2.5 billion from his 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club goes to victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a series of decrees confirming sweeping changes in the military command, including the appointment of Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new commander of the Joint Forces.
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