Dyepkazah Shibayan

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country's emergency response agency said.

The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state.

From left, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said.

The joint national assembly committee on steel development has queried what it describes as “ghost projects” in the federal ministry of steel development.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday.

Isaac Balami, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), says he will support Seyi Tinubu, son of the president, if he decides to pursue a gubernatorial bid in Lagos state.

The senate committee on public accounts has suspended the budget defence of the office of the auditor-general of the federation (OAGF) over alleged infractions and lack of preparedness.

Edozie Njoku, a former national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been sworn in as chairman of the National Rescue Movement (NRM).