Tag: bombing
UPDATE: Three Boko Haram bombings kill 58, injures 139 in Borno
Three bombings, including one by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 58 people and wounded 139 others in northeast…
Argentina judge dismisses cover-up case against Kirchner
An Argentine judge on Thursday dismissed the case against President Cristina Kirchner for allegedly shielding Iranian officials from prosecution over…
31 dead in double bombing in Jos
At least 31 people were killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday, while a…
Boko Haram: Tennis Players To Boycott Kano Tournament
Damilare Okunola/Abuja Following the recent bombings and unrest in Kano, northern Nigeria, an appreciable number of players have vowed not…
APC shifts Assembly primaries over Kano bombing
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s main opposition, the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday announced the postponement of its House of Assembly…
Boko Haram bombs Shiite muslims marking religious festival
*The bomb victims were in a procession in Tsohuwar Kasuwa in Potiskum, Yobe state A large explosion on Monday rocked…
From #BringBackOurGirls To #BringBackJonathan
By Peter Claver Opara And so, the famous #BringBackOurGirls has transmuted to #BringBackJonathan? Quite ingenious; of the type that has…
How Kano Bus Park was bombed
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Fresh facts have emerged how an unknown terrorist masterminded the bomb-blast at New Road Luxury Park, Sabon Gari,…
Bomb fails to hit police target
The Police Commissioner in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, Mr John Abakasanga, on Wednesday confirmed that a blast occurred in Mubi…
Bombing at Adamawa football match kills at least 40
A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria’s restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday,…
Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the…
Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for Nyanya bombing in new video
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at…
FG, Boko Haram And The Sanctity Of Life
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The concept of the sanctity of life is anchored on the sacred nature of life, and the…
Rivers State: Justice Wali’s office bombed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after the office of the Mr Tele Ikuru,the Deputy Governor Rivers State was…
Kabiru Sokoto: Judgement Day Fixed
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of suspected mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in…