Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has suggested that enforcement of anti-spill locks on petrol tankers can address frequent tanker explosions in Nigeria.

Mr Mbah spoke on Tuesday when he received in his office the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar, and her team.

There has been an increase in petrol tanker explosions across Nigeria in recent times.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that a petrol tanker, on Saturday, exploded at the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway killing several people and injuring others.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) later confirmed that 18 people died in the incident.

A week before the Enugu incident, another petrol tanker...