KANO: A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday. Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after the tanker crashed in northern Jigawa state late on Tuesday, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam told AFP. The tanker had veered to avoid colliding with a truck in the town of Majia, he said. “We have so far confirmed 94 people dead and around 50 injured,” he said, warning the death toll could rise.