Tag: Bomb Blasts
11 labourers killed in bomb blast
The attack comes weeks after the massive suicide blast in Bajaur, in which at least 63 people including 23 children…
Bomb blasts in Yobe
The detonation of explosives would take place near the state university, Damaturu on Gujba Road and on Maiduguri Road.
Borno bomb blasts: Buhari mourns victims
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commiserated with families of victims of bomb blasts at a viewing centre in Mandarari, Konduga…
Multiple Bomb Blasts Rock Maiduguri
The Police Command in Bornu has confirmed multiple blasts after suspected suicide bomb attack around NNPC depot in Damboa Road,…
10 dead in Maiduguri bomb blasts
At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern…
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…
Enough Of The Bloodletting
The last few weeks have seen an upsurge in the attacks by Boko Haram, this time not only in its…
Bomb Blasts: Restore checkpoints in Plateau, Lalong tells FG
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has appealed to the Federal Government to restore checkpoints in the state to check the…
Insecurity: NURTW, Worshippers Introduce Security Measures
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Yobe on Monday said it had introduced thorough screening of passengers…
A Nation In Turmoil
Nigeria has been on tenterhooks in the past few days following serial suicide bombings in Kano, Kaduna and Adawawa states.…
Wrangling Aborts Bomb Suspect’s Trial
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Scheduled trial of one of the masterminds of the 14th April bomb blasts which rocked a Bus terminal…
Jos Bombing: I’m Not Shaken, Says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress…
How Ticketing Staff Cheated Death
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A ticketing agent with the Abuja Urban Mass Transit Company, the operator of the high capacity buses affected…
35 die in double bomb blasts in Maiduguri
Two explosions on Saturday rocked the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of the radical Islamist Boko Haram group,…
Fashola Unveils Ejigbo-Ajao Estate Link Bridge
Twelve years after the tragic Ikeja Cantonment Bomb blasts, which led to the death of over 1,200 people, Governor Babatunde…
Multiple blasts targeting revelers kill over 30 people
No fewer than 30 people have died in the twin bomb explosions that rocked the Northern Nigerian city of Kano…
Maiduguri: another day of violence, another 4 dead
Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri was on Sunday rocked by a roadside blast and two separate gun attacks that killed at…
Court Okays Separate Trial For Independence Day Bomb Blast Suspect
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday granted the request by Mr. Edmund Ebiware, one of the suspects…
Jonathan, NUJ, NBA Angry Over Attack On Media
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday condemned the bomb blasts at newspaper houses in Abuja and Kaduna, describing it as “ignoble,…
Boko Haram Kills 5 Igbo Traders
Suspected Islamists have killed seven people in a market in northern Nigeria’s restive city of Maiduguri in the latest deadly…
Bombs, Gunfire Rock Kano
.Update: Army Arrests 4 Boko Haram Bombers Sounds of bomb blasts and several gun shots scared residents of Tinshama in…
Boko Haram Again: Car Bomb Found In Maiduguri
Soldiers on Wednesday found and safely detonated a car bomb in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Military spokesman, Col. Victor…
Stella Damasus: Wake Up People, Please Wake Up
The above topic is what I have been saying to as many people as I can reach out to. Have…
Boko Haram Spokesman Quizzed
Nigerian authorities on Thursday questioned a man believed to be a spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram after his arrest…
71 Bomb Blast Victims Still In Hospital
The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran,has said that 71 victims of the multiple bomb blasts on January…
Kano Govt Relaxes Curfew
The Kano State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following Friday’s bomb blasts that rocked parts…
Insecurity: Let Nigerians Carry Arms, Oritsejafor Tells Jonathan
National president, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to allow Nigerians to…
Eid-el-Fitri: Lawmakers, Council Boss Call For Improved Security
Three lawmakers have called on the Federal Government to put in place proper security as a step to avert future…
Bring Electoral Offenders To Book
This year’s general elections came to an end Tuesday with the governorship and House of Assembly elections held nationwide except…
Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blasts: Families Of Victims Stop 9th Anniversary
For the first time since the Ikeja Cantonment bomb blasts in 2002, the ninth anniversary to remember the thousands of…