Tag: Bomb Blast
#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…