Tag: bomb
White House receives Muslim teen falsely accused of making a bomb
Washington (AFP) – The Muslim teenager who was detained when his teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb visited…
16 killed as bombs rock Damaturu
At least 16 people were reportedly killed on Wednesday morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up around Ministry of…
Lagos Police dismiss GT Bank bomb story
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that the scary story that a car bomb was planted at a…
Boko Haram planning to bomb my residence – Osinbajo
Nigeria Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo who has been visiting camps of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in the North east as well…
Nigerian troops recover vehicle loaded with bomb
Nigeria military authorities said a jeep full of Improvised Explosives Devises (IED) was among the weapons recovered by troops conducting…
Bomb threats prompts White House press room evacuation
The White House press room was evacuated over a bomb threat after a phone call alerted the Metropolitan Police Department,…
Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people…
Bombing on bridge in Egypt capital kills one
A bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on bridge in an affluent Cairo neighbourhood on Sunday, killing an officer, Egyptian…
Bombs found in displaced people’s camp in Maiduguri
Nigerian soldiers on Saturday detonated two homemade bombs found in a camp housing people displaced by Boko Haram violence in…
Police arrest 10 for looting at scene of bombing in Gombe
The police in Gombe on Friday arrested 10 youths who tried to take advantage of a suicide bombing incident to…
Police defuse bomb at Kano market
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had diffused “a high-calibre bomb” discovered at the Dawanau International Grains…
Bomb wounds three in Egyptian capital
A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin wounded three people in the Egyptian capital before dawn on Saturday, the interior…
8 dead, 34 injured in triple bombing in Gombe
A triple bombing at a bus station during Friday morning rush hour in north Nigeria killed at least eight people…
We cannot bomb IS into obscurity – US military
The United States military cannot bomb the Islamic State group into “obscurity,” it cautioned Tuesday, appealing for patience in its…
Four Islamists arrested over failed bomb plot in Germany
Germany put on trial Monday four alleged Islamist militants for plotting a failed bomb attack at a railway station and…