At least 35 people were killed on Monday (September 10) and hundreds injured when a gas tanker exploded in northern Nigerian state of Nassarawa, the state emergency agency said.

The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) official said the accident happened on Monday at a petrol station along the Lafia-Makurdi road linking the capital city of Abuja with the north and southern Nigeria.

Source: Business Insider

BDST: 1417 HRS, SEP 11, 2018

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