Tag: Bomb Blast
UPDATE: 14 dead, over 100 injured in Kano blasts
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on…
Blast: Adamawa Govt. bans night markets in Yola
Following Tuesday’s bomb blast in Yola which claimed many lives, Gov. Mohammadu Jibrilla has announced an indefinite ban on night…
Yola market blast kills 32, injures 80 – NEMA
A blast that hit a market in Yola, Adamawa state on Tuesday evening, killed 32 people and injured 80 others,…
Police confirm killing of 5 persons in Borno blast
The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of five persons in Saturday’s suspected suicide attack near Maiduguri. The…
Yola Blast: NEMA confirms 27 dead, 96 injured
The Coordinator of the National Emergency and Management Agency in Adamawa state, Mallam Sa’ad Bello, said 27 people were confirmed…
Many dead following blast on Yola mosque
Many people are feared dead as bomb blast rocked a newly opened Friday mosque in Jambutu area of Yola in…
Maiduguri Blasts: Rescuers deposit six bodies in mortuary
Rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have evacuated six dead bodies of the victims of an early morning…
Twin bomb blast rip through Maiduguri mosque
Two bomb blasts have ripped through a mosque in Maiduguri killing many, eyewitnesses say. The blast is believed to be…
Fresh blasts in Maiduguri kills at least 18
Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up early Friday when challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter Maiduguri, Nigeria,…
Abuja Global Shapers seeks support for blast victims
A group, the Abuja Global Shapers has called for support for victims of the recent bomb blast in Abuja following…
Multiple explosions rip through Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that…
Abuja blasts: Soldiers not among casualties – Army
The Nigeria Army on Saturday dismissed reports that soldiers were among casualties of Friday’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya…
UPDATE: 15 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Abuja bomb blasts
The multiple bomb blasts on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15…
UPDATE: Bomb blast in Nyanya, kills 2, injures 19
A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has killed two persons…
Twin explosions rock Abuja, many dead
Two bombs went off in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said. There was…
#NigeriaAt55: Unhappy birthday for victims of bomb blasts – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the 55th anniversary of independence today as “unhappy birthday for hundreds of…
Three explosions rock Maiduguri killing at least eight persons
Three blasts struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said on Sunday, a day after a new…
Bomb blast hits IDPs camp in Yola
A bomb blast hit a Nigerian internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on Friday morning on the outskirts of Adamawa state…
10 dead, 100 wounded in twin blasts in Cameroon
Reuters – About 10 people were killed and 100 wounded on Thursday when a bomb went off near an army…
Over 50 killed in Borno bomb blast
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed…
At least 15 dead after Damaturu market blast
DAMATURU, (Reuters) – A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern…
UPDATE: Gombe blasts death toll rises to 37
ABUJA, (Reuters) – The death toll from multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of…
UPDATE: Over 40 dead in Gombe blasts
(AFP) – More than 40 people were feared dead in Gombe city, northeast Nigeria, on Wednesday after a series of…
At least 29 dead in Gombe bomb blast
BAUCHI, (Reuters) – At least 29 people died and 60 were wounded in multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations…
Nigerians condemn Damaturu blasts
Some Nigerians have expressed shock over the bomb blasts that rocked Damaturu, the Yobe capital, on Friday, leaving many casualities…
UPDATE: Damaturu bombing, at least 10 killed
The twin bomb blasts in Damaturu, Yobe state this morning happened at the praying ground, where Muslim worshippers had gathered…
UPDATE: Over 30 dead in Gombe bomb blasts – Red Cross
A Red Cross official has confirmed that more than 30 people were killed in the two blasts at a market…
Twin bomb blast rock Gombe, many dead, injured
No fewer than 50 people lost their lives, and many others were injured, in a twin blast at Gombe central…
Bomb blast: Jos church worshippers escape death
By Our Reporter There was no casualty in the explosion reported this morning at the ECWA Church in Tudunwada Area…
Bomb blast rocks ECWA Church in Jos
The Boko Haram bombers have hit Jos in Plateau state, again. Right in the middle of service, a bomb blast…