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Nigeria: Probe Lagos, Onitsha Fire, Tanker Drivers Task Security Agencies
Vanguard, 2 June 2015
Worried by incessant cases of road traffic accidents involving fuel tankers, the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has called on the security agencies to investigate… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Tanker Fire - Pathologists Commence Forensic Tests On Corpses
Vanguard, 2 June 2015
Pathologists from government hospitals in Anambra State, Tuesday, commenced forensic laboratory tests on all the burnt corpses of those who died during last Sunday's fire that… Read more »
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Nigeria: 46 People, Not Over 70, Died in Onitsha Tanker Crash - FRSC
Premium Times, 2 June 2015
The Federal Road Safety Corps has denied that over 70 people died in the tanker tragedy that occurred in Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra. Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Petrol Tanker - Death Rises to 69, Relatives Throng Hospitals, Mortuaries
Independent (Lagos), 2 June 2015
Hundreds of relatives and other sympathisers from Onitsha, Asaba and their environs on Monday thronged the scene of Sunday's fuel tanker accident, hospitals and mortuaries in… Read more »
Dozens Killed in Nigeria Petrol Tanker Crash
At least 60 people died after a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus station and caught fire in Onitsha.
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Nigeria: Scores Burn to Death in Petrol Tanker Crash
Vanguard, 1 June 2015
No fewer than 69 persons were burnt to death last night as a petrol-laden tanker, descending from Army Barracks side of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, lost control, rammed into the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 69 Burnt to Death in Onitsha Petrol Tanker Accident
Vanguard, 31 May 2015
No fewer than 69 persons burnt to death Sunday evening when a trailer loaded with Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol that was descending from Army barracks side of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Fire Disaster - Death Toll Hits 70
Independent (Lagos), 1 June 2015
More death has been recorded in the tanker fire disaster that struck the commercial city of Onitsha on Sunday in Anambra State. Initial statistics put the death toll at between 40… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Petrol Tanker Accident - Tears As Victims' Relations Besiege Hospitals
Vanguard, 2 June 2015
Tears flowed freely, yesterday, as relations of victims of last Sunday's petrol tanker fire incident in Onitsha, which claimed 69 lives, besieged hospitals where the victims were… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Tanker Fire - Red Cross Confirms One More Death
This Day, 2 June 2015
Barely 24 hours after the fuel tanker fire that killed 69 persons in Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra State, the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) monday confirmed that one… Read more »
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Nigeria: Dozens Burnt to Death in Onitsha Fuel Tanker Crash
Independent (Lagos), 1 June 2015
DOZENS of people were burnt to death during the accident that occurred at Asaba Park, Onitsha, Anambra State on, Sunday May 31, 2015. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nearly 70 Killed in Nigeria Fuel Tanker Blaze
DW, 1 June 2015
Dozens of people have been killed after a Nigerian fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus station in the country's southeast. Nigeria is nearly entirely reliant on gasoline imports to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Governor Obiano Weeps As Petrol Tanker Fire Kills 69 in Onitsha
Guardian, 1 June 2015
SIXTY-NINE persons were burnt to death yesterday in Onitsha when a trailer carrying petrol lost control and exploded into the Asaba Motor Park at the Upper Iweka area of the city.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Tanker Tragedy - Atiku Commiserates With Anambra, Victims' Families
Independent (Lagos), 1 June 2015
Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed deep shock and sadness at the horrific fuel-laden tanker tragedy at Upper… Read more »
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Nigeria: Atiku Expresses Shock, Sadness Over Onitsha Tanker Inferno
Independent (Lagos), 1 June 2015
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep shock and sadness at the fuel tanker explosion at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra State, whicha led to the loss of scores of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Onitsha Tanker Tragedy - Atiku Expresses Shock, Sympathises With Victims
Premium Times, 1 June 2015
A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday in Abuja expressed "deep shock and sadness" at the petrol tanker tragedy at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Condoles Anambra, Joe Biden
Premium Times, 1 June 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences to the governor and people of Anambra State, over the gruesome incident that took place over the weekend, in which 60… Read more »
