Tag: bombs
US approves $346m bombs, missiles sale to Nigeria
US approves $346m bombs, missiles sale to help Nigeria crush terrorists, smugglers. The United States (US) has signed off on…
Al Shabaab now making deadly bombs, UN raises alarm
A secret UN report said Al Shabaab, Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own bombs, as they mount more frequent…
US military drops ‘mother of all bombs on IS’ in Afghanistan
The US military says it has dropped the most destructive non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat on an Islamic State…
Boko Haram’s female suicide bombers often unaware they’re carrying bombs – UN expert
Many of the young girls Boko Haram sends out as suicide bombers in Nigeria and neighbouring countries are probably unaware…
US approves $1.29 bn sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
The United States has approved a $1.29 billion deal to replenish the Saudi air force’s arsenal, depleted by its controversial…
Boko Haram using iPads, laptops, phones for bombs – Arase
AP — Nigeria’s police chief is warning that Boko Haram extremists are building bombs in iPads and cellphones and leaving…
Is Boko Haram Gaining The Upperhand?
An unchallenged attack by Boko Haram on Friday in Damboa, which left over 100 people dead and sacked scores from…
Police find Biafra war bombs, rocket launcher
The Nigerian police in Imo on Tuesday announced the recovery of weapons abandoned during the Nigerian Civil War, 43 years…
Bombs: Nigeria police offers safety tips
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Kano state police Command Monday evening gave security tips to Kano residents ahead of Tuesday’s Christmas celebration and…
11 killed as suicide bombers hit Nigerian army church
The Nigerian army said that the two blasts today at a church in the military barracks in Jaji, Kaduna state…
1000 bombs recovered by Nigerian police in Kano
The Anti-Bomb disposal unit of the Kano State Police Command recovered and defused 996 different calibre of Improvised Explosive Devices…
Soldiers seize Boko Haram weapons after raid
Nigerian troops recovered weapons in raids on suspected Boko Haram bases in two northern cities, officials said Saturday. A raid…
Biafran war bombs evacuated in Enugu
The Anti-Bomb Squad of Nigeria’s Enugu State Police Command has evacuated two unexploded ordinance that were abandoned during the Nigerian…
Nigeria troops intercept rocket launchers, bombs, rifles
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Tuesday said it intercepted rocket launchers, rocket bombs and…
Bombs, gunfire rock Damaturu again
Gunfire and explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Saturday as security forces launched a pre-emptive offensive against…