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.
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An Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya killed 9 Palestinians as Hamas holds ceasefire talks in Cairo.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order cutting funding to Voice of America’s parent agency, forcing staff out.
Crowds in Aleppo and Damascus celebrated 14 years since the Syrian uprising that ousted Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s capital killed nine civilians as President Trump vowed to pressure Houthi rebels to halt maritime attacks.
Thousands protested in Tel Aviv, urging the government to negotiate a hostage deal and a ceasefire with Hamas.
An Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahiya killed 9 Palestinians as Hamas holds ceasefire talks in Cairo.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order cutting funding to Voice of America’s parent agency, forcing staff out.
Crowds in Aleppo and Damascus celebrated 14 years since the Syrian uprising that ousted Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s capital killed nine civilians as President Trump vowed to pressure Houthi rebels to halt maritime attacks.
Thousands protested in Tel Aviv, urging the government to negotiate a hostage deal and a ceasefire with Hamas.
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