Niger to ban tanker drivers from parking in communities
In a bid to avert the reoccurrence of the last Friday’s tanker explosion incident which resulted in the loss of eight lives at Diko junction, Suleja local government area, the Niger state government is to enact a law banning such tankers from parking their vehicles in towns and villages.
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