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The Ibadan petrol tanker explosion was a major accident on the road from Ibadan to Ifẹ in Nigeria on 5 November 2000. There was a long tailback and a petrol tanker was unable to brake in time and so rammed the queue, causing an explosion and fire which destroyed over 100 vehicles and killed many people.
The explosion was heard in the Oyo state capital Ibadan, 130 km (80 miles) from the commercial capital Lagos. Some residents said the blast shattered windows of their homes. Nigerian rescuers ...
The Ibadan tank truck explosion was one of the worst ever multi-vehicle accidents, killing between 100 and 200 people near Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria on 5 November 2000. Estimates of casualties in the disaster remain imprecise.
A man rests in the hospital after 71 people were killed and 124 injured when a bomb exploded at a bus station just outside Abuja, April 15, 2014. Explosives hidden inside vehicles detonated during morning rush hour in a bus station in Nyanya on the outskirts of Abuja. After the initial blast, further explosions occurred as fuel tanks in nearby ...
By AHMED SAKA and MICHELLE FAUL JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding ...
The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.
Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria 200-300 [49] Boko Haram attack on Christian villagers 2014 Kano bombing: 2014-06-23 Kano, Nigeria 200+ Dozens of people were killed in a bomb blast at Kano State School of Hygiene. The blast was attributed to militant group Boko Haram by the locals. [50] Zaria Quds Day massacres: 2014-07-25/26 Zaria, Kaduna State: 34 [51]
Sixteen people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb blew up a village cafe in Nigeria's Borno state, hotbed of the Boko Haram militant insurgency, police said. Police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth ...