Nigeria:   Petrol Tanker Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 108

This Day, 14 July 2012

Thirteen more victims of Thursday's petrol tanker explosion at Ula-Okogbe, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State have been reported dead, raising the death toll from 95… Read more »

Nigeria:   100 Burnt to Death in Rivers Tanker Fire

Daily Trust, 13 July 2012

At least 100 people most of them scooping up petrol from a crashed tanker were killed yesterday when the tanker caught fire in Rivers State. Read more »

Nigeria:   Tragedy in Rivers - 100 Killed in Petrol Tanker Explosion

Vanguard, 13 July 2012

Over 100 persons, including pregnant women, youths and children perished, yesterday, on the East-West Road, at Okogbe community in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers… Read more »

Nigeria:   Scores Die in Tanker Blast

Daily Trust, 12 July 2012

At least 95 people have so far been confirmed dead from a petrol tanker explosion in Rivers state today. Read more »

Nigeria:   Agony in Rivers State As 95 Die in Petrol Tanker Explosion

This Day, 13 July 2012

It was weeping and wailing in Okogbe village, near Mbiama in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State Thursday as the charred remains of more than 200 people littered the… Read more »

Nigeria:   Poverty, Bad Road Blamed for the Ahoada Tragedy

This Day, 13 July 2012

Nothing explains the poverty index more in the Niger Delta than the frequent cases of mass deaths arising from fuel-related tragedies. Too often, there are stories of burst… Read more »