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Fuel Tanker Blast Kills 18 in Nigeria's South East

Firefighters battle a fire at a building in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP PhotoSunday Alamba)
Firefighters battle a fire at a building in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP PhotoSunday Alamba)
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Fuel Tanker Blast Kills 18 in Nigeria's South East

Firefighters battle a fire at a building in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP PhotoSunday Alamba)
Firefighters battle a fire at a building in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP PhotoSunday Alamba)

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.
The truck suffered brake failure and the driver lost control, crashing into more than a dozen vehicles on an expressway, Olusegun Ogungbemide, spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps said in a statement late on Saturday.
According to Reuters, he said 10 people were rescued with different degrees of injuries and another three were unharmed.
"Unfortunately, the remaining 18 victims were burnt beyond recognition," said Ogungbemide.
Accidents involving fuel tanker trucks have become common in Africa's largest oil producer, which authorities blame on bad roads and reckless driving, often with dozens of fatalities.

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Israel Arrests 2 Citizens on Suspicion of Working for Iran

Iranians walk past an anti-Israel billboard bearing a sentence in Farsi reading "Palestine is victorious", at Tehran's Palestine square on January 22, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians walk past an anti-Israel billboard bearing a sentence in Farsi reading "Palestine is victorious", at Tehran's Palestine square on January 22, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Arrests 2 Citizens on Suspicion of Working for Iran

Iranians walk past an anti-Israel billboard bearing a sentence in Farsi reading "Palestine is victorious", at Tehran's Palestine square on January 22, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians walk past an anti-Israel billboard bearing a sentence in Farsi reading "Palestine is victorious", at Tehran's Palestine square on January 22, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli authorities say they have arrested two Israeli citizens for allegedly conducting missions on behalf of Iran, the latest in a string of similar cases announced in recent months.

A statement from the Israeli police and the Shin Ben internal security agency on Monday said that Yuri Eliasfov and Georgi Andreev, residents of northern Israel, were in contact with an Iranian agent and carried out various missions under his instruction.

The missions included passing on classified military material obtained during Eliasfov’s military service in an air defense unit. It said the suspects also spray-painted graffiti and hung banners with pro-Iranian messages in various locations across the country, all allegedly in return for financial compensation.

The prosecution is expected to file an indictment against them in the coming days.

In September, an Israeli citizen was indicted for involvement in an Iranian assassination plot against top Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One month later, authorities arrested another Israeli who was allegedly involved in an Iranian plot to assassinate an Israeli scientist.

The Shin Bet says Iranian agents are known to use social media and promises of cash to try to enlist Israelis to carry out such missions.

Israel and Iran’s long-running shadow war has burst into the open over the past year, with the two countries directly exchanging fire in April and again in October.