A fuel tanker truck explosion killed 18 people in Nigeria's southeastern Enugu state on Saturday, the national road safety agency said, a week after another incident left about a 100 residents dead in the north of the country.

Eighteen people were killed in a truck accident in south-eastern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday, a week after a petrol tanker explosion left at least 98 dead."A total of 31 people were involved in the crash,

Nigerian officials say at least 18 people have died and 10 others were injured in the country's south after a gasoline tanker exploded