INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central
Nigeria, the state&s disaster management agency said.The State Emergency Management Agency in north-central Niger state said the fuel truck
collided with a truck carrying travellers and cattle
Several other vehicles were also caught up in the accident, it said.The agency&s spokesperson Hussaini Ibrahim put the death toll at 48 and
officials were still trying to clear the scene of the incident.Nigeria&s state-owned firm NNPC Ltd last week hiked the price of gasoline by
at least 39%, the second major increase in more than a year but shortages have continued, forcing motorists to queue for hours in the
country&s major cities and towns
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