Tag: bomb
Bombings kill eight in Iraq
Bombings north of Baghdad killed eight people on Tuesday, police and a doctor said, as Iraq struggles to regain ground…
Police uncover plot to bomb school in Gombe
Nigerian police on Monday uncovered a plot to bomb a secondary school in Gombe state by defusing a car laden…
Emergency Proclamation: So Far So Good
By Chris Olukolade Boko Haram, a religious sect which had emerged by taking advantage of democracy–the system of government which…
Egypt’s Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt
A bomb targeted the convoy of Egypt’s interior minister today in Cairo in the first attack on a senior government…
Boko Haram: Roadblock To Amnesty
Boko Haram rejects offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, sticking a pin into the balloon of optimism that its…
Dele Giwa’s Mom Dies At 87
Elekiya Ayisat Giwa, the mother of the founding Editor-In-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa, who was killed in 1986 by…
Boxing Day Tragedy In Lagos
At about 9.30 am on 26 December 2012, a loud explosion reverberated at No. 45, Ojo Giwa Street, Jankara area…
Police Detonate Explosive Device In Minna
An explosive device suspected to be a bomb was today found in Minna, the Niger state capital, northcentral Nigeria, and detonated by…
Police Defuse Bomb In Rivers
The police in Rivers say they have defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state-owned banana farm at Ueken…
Bomb goes off near Nigerian Church
Bomb Goes Off Near Nigerian Church A bomb went off Sunday near a church in Okene, a major town in…
Panic Over Bombs In Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna For over two hours today residents of Kaduna metropolis were thrown into confusion due to alleged rumours…
Fresh Blast Hits Abuja Shopping Centre
Soldiers have cordoned off the scene of explosion which occurred near Banex Plaza, a popular shopping centre located in Wuse…
Terrorists damage bridge in Plateau state
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Saturday exploded under a bridge on Makera-Rim road, near Golhoss village in Rim District,…
One Bomb Attack Too Many
By Isaac Asabor It is not an exaggeration to say that the evil works that were over time carried out…
Bomb Kills Man In Maiduguri
A bomb killed one person early Friday in the northern city of Maiduguri where Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried…
Kaduna police detonates bomb
Femi Adi/ kaduna Democracy Day in the Nigerian city of Kaduna would have been a bloody affair but for the…
The Dire Consequences Of Fuel Subsidy Removal
The Federal Government’s unpopular plan to fully remove fuel subsidy is a ticking time bomb that will do nobody any…
Bomb Scare: Security Still Lax At Lagos Airport
Planes continued to take off and land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport today after a bomb scare last night that…
Olympics: Sun Exposes Lapses
A newspaper embarrassed the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday by disclosing that it had smuggled a fake…
Explosion In Sabon Gari
At least three persons were injured and six vehicles were damaged on New Road, Sabon Gari, Kano northwest Nigeria, Sunday…
Borrowing From Boko Haram —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye
As a sociologist, I am constantly fascinated by society and the dynamics that propel and shape it. The Nigerian society…
Boko Haram Burns 4 Schools
Members of the Boko Haram on Monday set fire to Maiduguri Experimental School, a private school in Ruwan Zafi area…
Boko Haram: Bombs Detector Vans On Standby At Eagles Camp
With incessant bomb blasts in Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram in the northern part of the country,…
Nigerian Bomb planted in car at park, say witnesses
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Christmas celebration in Nigeria was marred by bomb blasts which claimed scores of lives across the country on…
Boko Haram Kills Again In Maiduguri
Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which bombed Nigerian police headquarters on Sunday opened fire on a…
2 Suspected Bomb Manufacturers Die In Explosion
Two persons suspected to be manufacturers of local bomb explosives died yesterday (Friday) Â in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria after they were…
Bomb Unit Ready For Polls
Ahead of the polls, the Nigeria Police Anti-Bomb Unit, on Thursday in Lagos urged the political class to tolerate opposition…
Bomb Scare Disrupts ANPP Rally
Police in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri thwarted a plot to bomb an opposition party election rally on Tuesday, while…
Governor Aliyu Escapes Death
Niger state government has vowed to fish out those behind the bomb explosion that killed at least nine persons and…