Tag Archives: TANKER

Two people died on the spot after a fuel tanker, which failed its brakes in an attempt to avoid crashing, rammed into a Kia truck and a Hyundai Elantra at Konongo in the Ashanti Region. The accident occurred Wednesday, November 6, 2024 evening. CCTV footage shared on social media shows …

Nigeria’s state-owned oil company says an oil tanker carrying 800,000 litres of stolen crude has been intercepted offshore while heading to Cameroon. It said the vessel would be destroyed as a deterrent. Nigeria’s state-owned oil firm said the oil had been stolen from a well in the south-western state of …

There are reports that more than a dozen persons have died in a fatal road crash on the Accra-Cape Coast Road. The crash, said to have happened at Gomoa Okyereko in the Central Region, is reported to have happened between an Accra-bound Youtong bus, and a fuel tanker with the …

The operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (Force-CID), Lagos Annex, Alagbon, have arrested two suspects, Tope Ojo “m” and Nojeem Haruna “m” for their complicity in a case of economic sabotage and diversion of aviation fuel valued about forty-six million Naira.   A statement released by the public relations …

A Singapore-registered oil tanker has been boarded by “unidentified persons” about 300 nautical miles (555km) off Ivory Coast in the Gulf of Guinea, the city-state’s port authority said. The Gulf of Guinea was long known as a hotspot for global piracy, with insurance firm Beazley offering the “Gulf of Guinea …

A driver of a fuel tanker is battling for his life after his vehicle was involved in an accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa–Winneba Highway in the Central Region. Police say the driver of the fuel tanker with the registration GT 3486-14 was coming from Accra to Mankesim, and …

A gas tanker caught fire after crashing at Sokoban Ampayoo, a suburb of the Atwima Kwanwoma District in the Ashanti Region. According to a report by the Daily Guide newspaper, the accident, which happened on Thursday, February 9, 2023, was as a result of one of the tyres of the …

A gas tanker driver and his conductor have been rushed to the hospital after their vehicle fell on its side and caught fire at Sokoban Ampayoo in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Firefighters struggled for hours before dousing the flame. They managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas. …

A 39-year-old tipper driver, Jemilah Abdullahi, has died after he drowned inside a diesel tanker compartment while allegedly attempting to steal diesel inside a company’s premises in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Monday, January 23.   Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin …

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg. The tanker appeared to have got stuck under a low bridge on Saturday morning in Boksburg city, about 100m from Tambo Memorial Hospital. Patients were evacuated from …