Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people
Rivers State, Nigeria Reuters At least 37 people, including two pregnant women, were burned to death after a blast at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria, a local security official and community leader said on Tuesday. Illegal refining is common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria as impoverished locals tap pipelines to […]
At least 25, including minors, died in illegal refinery blast in Nigeria
Yenagoa, NigeriaReuters At least 25 people, including some minors, were killed in an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria’s Rivers state on Friday, a local leader and a resident told Reuters on Sunday. “The casualties involved are very high…we are counting 25 bodies,” Ifeanyi Omano, a community leader, told Reuters, adding: […]