Tag: Bomb Blast
One dead in Cairo bomb blasts
One person was killed in a bomb explosion outside a pizzeria in the Egyptian capital Thursday, after three other blasts…
Blasts hit two Nigeria bus stations, at least 27 dead
Two blasts rocked bus stations in embattled northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, as relentless attacks persist…
Explosion rocks busy Kano bus stop
An explosion hit a busy bus station in northern Nigeria’s largest city Kano on Tuesday, witnesses said, just hours after…
Argentine president formally accused of bombing cover-up
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was formally accused Friday of shielding Iranian officials from prosecution over a 1994 bombing at a…
Blasts kill at least 27 in Baghdad
Attacks in Baghdad including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant killed 27 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly…
Jonathan escapes bomb blast in Gombe
A blast ripped through a car park outside a stadium where Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had addressed a re-election campaign…
Bomb blast in Cairo as Egypt marks revolt anniversary
A bomb blast wounded a policeman in Cairo on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as Egypt tightened security on the…
NEMA sympathises with victims of Gombe blast
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sympathised with the victims of Friday’s bomb-blast in Gombe, where six people were…
Bala Mohammed, NEMA donate N20m to victims of Bauchi blast
Alhaji Bala Mohammed, the Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has donated N20 million to victims of last week’s bomb blast…
PDP governorship candidate donates N30m to bomb victims
Alhaji Auwal Jatau, PDP gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi State, on Thursday donated N30 million to the victims of last week’s…
Gombe Blast: Police restrict movement around motor park
The police have restricted movement around the Dukku motor park, Gombe, following the bomb blast that killed many people and…
Bomb blast at Gombe bus stop kills 20
A bombing at a bus station in Gombe city in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people on Monday, the…
Boko Haram behind Jos bombings, says Plateau govt
A double bomb attack that killed 31 people in a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos was…
APC donates N5m to Kano bomb blast victims
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday donated five million naira to victims of Friday’s bomb blast at the Kano…
Kano Blast: Buhari wants Nigerians to be vigilant, security conscious
Former military Head of State and APC presidential aspirant, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has urged Nigerians to be security conscious…
Kano Mosque Blast is sin against God, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis has condemned the triple bomb blasts that ripped through the Grand mosque in Kano during Friday 28 November…
Mosque Blast: FG to supply blood to Kano hospitals
The Federal Government has promised to supply hospitals in Kano with blood, to save the lives of victims of the…
Sanusi visits Kano mosque, says attack was planned for 2 months
The Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II, on Saturday visited the city’s bloodstained central mosque, 24 hours after coordinated bomb…
UPDATE: At least 120 dead, 270 injured in Kano mosque suicide attack
At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and…
Kano mosque blasts: 92 dead at one hospital morgue
At least 92 people have been confirmed dead at one hospital morgue following three explosions in Kano. Earlier, 64 people…
Three bomb blasts rock emir’s mosque in Kano
Three explosions on Friday rocked the mosque of one of Nigeria’s most well-known Islamic leaders, the Emir of Kano, as…
Civilian vigilantes foil bomb attempt in Maiduguri
Civilian vigilantes working with the Nigerian military against Boko Haram on Friday said they had foiled a roadside bomb attack…
50 dead in suicide blast at Afghan volleyball game
Around 50 people were killed and 60 others injured when a suicide blast ripped through crowds gathered to watch a…
6 dead, 5 injured in Kano bomb blast
The police in Kano have confirmed the death of six persons, including three policemen, in the bomb explosion at Magarsiku…
7 wounded in bomb attack on Cairo metro
At least seven people were wounded when a bomb went off in a Cairo metro carriage on Thursday, security officials…
Three bombs rock Gombe bus station
Three bombs concealed in bags rocked a bus station in north Nigeria’s Gombe state during Friday morning rush hour, the…
Five dead in Bauchi bus station blast – Police
A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people,…
Edo PDP Chieftain Fingers Oshiomhole In An Alleged Bomb Attack
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Sunday alleged that materials…
PDP Must Tell Nigerians All It Knows About Boko Haram
By Peter Claver Oparah In a country where the citizenry do not ask hard questions, a person can commit blue…
Bomb kills one, wounds 22 in Pakistan
A bomb planted on a motorcycle killed a civilian and wounded 22 others in a busy marketplace in Pakistan’s troubled…