Tag: Bomb Blast
Bomb Blast near DSS office in Maiduguri kills one
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a three-wheeled vehicle detonated near the office of state security in Nigeria’s northeastern…
Zaria bomb blast, devil’s handiwork – Rep
Femi Adi/Kaduna House of Representatives member, Barrister Sunday Marshall Katung, has said the Sabon-Gari bomb blast is the handiwork of…
El-Rufai Bans Hawking, Begging In Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna Following Tuesday’s bomb blast at Sabon-gari Local Government Area, Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has banned street…
UPDATE: Zaria Bomb Blast: 25 dead including 2-year old, says El Rufai
Governor Nasir El Rufai has confirmed that the number of the people killed in the bomb blast in Zaria, Kaduna…
El-Rufai visits bomb blast scene as death toll rises to 21
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has visited the scene of a bomb blast in Zaria today. The death toll…
20 killed in Zaria bomb blast, says El Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has confirmed 20 persons dead in a bomb attack on civil servants at Sabongari…
Bomb blast rips through Zaria city
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 20 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a government office in…
UPDATE: Over 40 killed in twin blast in Jos
JOS, (AP) — Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an…
Jos: Bomb explodes during Ramadan lecture
Two blasts hit the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday evening, one at a restaurant and another targeting a…
10 killed in suicide bomb attack on a Kuwait Mosque
Over 10 people were killed or wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque, with…
Bomb blast rips through bus station in Maiduguri
A blast rocked a bus station in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday, a civilian vigilante assisting the…
9 dead in twin blast in Potiskum
The Police in Yobe, on Monday confirmed the death of nine persons in twin bomb explosions which rocked Potiskum, the…
Bomb blast on police, intelligence offices in Chad kills many
N’DJAMENA, June 15 (Reuters) – At least one suicide bomber attacked police and intelligence offices in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on…
Yola blast death toll rises to 45
ase The death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to…
Bomb blast at Yola market kills 30 – eyewitnesses
YOLA, (Reuters) – A bomb at a market in the town of Jimeta, northeastern Nigeria, has killed around 30 people,…
5 die in Maiduguri abattoir bomb attack – Police
The Police in Borno said five persons died when a suicide bomber attacked an abattoir in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Mr…
Another bomb blast rips through Maiduguri market, kills one
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a…
Abuja bomb blast victims protest, urge FG to fulfil promises
The Abuja bomb blast victims on Wednesday carried out a peaceful protest at the National Assembly to urge the Federal…
Police foil bomb attack in Potiskum
Nigerian Police Force has foiled a bomb attack on a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe state. The police said that…
Bomb rips through army barracks in Jos
A bomb explosion has been reported in the military barracks in Rukuba, Jos, Plateau state capital. It was not clear…
Bomb blast rocks Shiite mosque in Potiskum, 3 injured
A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on…
Bomb blast in Somalia kills 6 UN workers
At least six United Nations workers were killed in Somalia on Monday when a huge bomb destroyed a bus in…
Explosion near bus station in Gombe, kills 5
An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15…
Bomb blast in Enugu, destroys houses
A bomb blast has exploded in Enugu destroying houses. According to reports, they said arms exploded and destroyed houses in…
Two blasts rock Maiduguri killing many
Twin blasts rocked a market and a nearby commercial street in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday, after attacks blamed on…
Minister condemns Borno blast
Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, on Saturday condemned the Maiduguri multiple bomb blast which claimed 58…
Three bombings in Borno kill at least 33
Three bombings rocked separate targets in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, witnesses…
Bomb rips through Maiduguri market killing many
Three bombings rocked separate targets in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, witnesses…
Foreign trader burned in S.Africa petrol bomb attack
A foreign shopkeeper was badly burned in a petrol bomb attack in South Africa’s Soweto township, police said Friday, in…
Two blasts rock Jos, at least 17 dead
Two blasts targeting a bus park in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 17 people on Thursday,…