Gunmen hijack fully loaded fuel tanker at gunpoint

EditorJanuary 13, 202601 mins

Gunmen Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have reportedly hijacked a white Howo tanker with Reg No. ABN 582 XB along Dangote—Ijebu-Ode Road, Ogun State, after the toll fee gate at gunpoint. Written HIGHWAY with green colour, the truck was loaded with 60,000 litres of PMS. A press release on Tuesday said the incident happened at…

FG bars 60,000-litre fuel tankers from Nigerian roads

EditorFebruary 20, 2025February 20, 202506 mins

The federal government has banned 60,000-litre fuel tankers from operating on Nigerian roads, effective March 1, 2025. The government made the disclosure through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Wednesday. NMDPRA said the move is to mitigate truck-in-transit incidents, some of which had resulted in infernos and several deaths. The agency…