The death toll from Saturday’s tragic tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State has climbed to 86, following the death of several injured victims while receiving treatment.

The Niger State Government has announced its decision to take over the cost of treatment of all the injured victims of Saturday’s Fuel Tanker explosion in the state as a humanitarian gesture.

The Federal government has set up a committee of stakeholders to unravel the remote and immediate cause of Saturday's Petrol Tanker accident at Dikko Junction, Dikko-Maje Minna road, Gurara Local Government,

More than 70 were killed and dozens more were injured in a fuel tanker fire and explosion along a highway in central Nigeria, authorities said Saturday.

The death toll from Saturday's petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Niger State, Nigeria, has risen to 86, with 55 others injured and undergoing treatment, officials confirmed on Sunday.

The death toll in last Saturday's tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara local government area of Niger state has increased to 86 people as some of the injured victims died while receiving treatment.

The Federal Government has mourned the victims of petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, expressing condolences to the government and people of the state.