The Federal Road Safety Corps has revealed that 5,421 people were killed in road traffic crashes across Nigeria in 2024.This is a seven per cent increase from the 5,081 fatalities recorded in 2023.This was disclosed during a press briefing by the Corps Marshal,

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested no fewer than 21,580 traffic offenders between January and December 2024 across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Mr Mohammed said that the move was part of efforts to curb the rising incidence of crashes involving tankers on Nigerian roads.

Those who died were “burnt beyond recognition,” the spokesperson of the safety corps rescue teams, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said. Besides the 10 injured, rescuers extracted three others who were unharmed.

The death toll from the tanker explosion that occurred at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has increased to 21. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a petrol tanker, on Saturday, exploded at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway killing several people and injuring others.

Eighteen people were also killed in a truck accident in south-eastern Nigeria on Sunday, a week after a petrol tanker explosion left at least 98 dead.

Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have spoken out amid a fresh fuel tanker blast in Nigeria. The figure of those who died in the incident in Enugu has been disclosed.

The explosion occurred barely a week after 98 people died in a tanker explosion in northern Niger State. Anadolu reported that Nigeria has experienced 172 oil tanker accidents and 1,896 deaths since 2009. 2024 saw the highest death toll, with 266 fatalities.

The incident involved 17 vehicles in Enugu state in Nigeria A devastating fuel tanker explosion in Nigerias southeastern Enugu Stat

Nigerian officials say at least 18 people have died and 10 others were injured in the country's south after a gasoline tanker exploded

A petrol tanker truck exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday ... "The death toll stands at 70 so far," Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, told AFP by telephone. Tsukwam said a truck carrying ...

The truck suffered brake failure and the driver lost control, crashing into more than a dozen vehicles on an expressway