At least 70 people have been killed in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive, 20 victims of last Saturday’s devastating tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State have been transferred to the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital in Abuja for advanced medical treatment.