Tag: casualties
Stampede: NAHCON blames Saudi over inability to account for casualties
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has blamed the Saudi Arabian Government for the commission’s inability to give accurate…
2 soldiers killed in Jos blasts
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed accidentally in an explosion in the central Plateau state on Saturday as they transported ammunition…
5 die in Charlie Hebdo protests in Niger
Five persons were killed in violent riots in Niger’s capital Saturday over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on the…
Breaking: 20 killed by girl-suicide bomber in Maiduguri
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city…
Update: Kano mosque blasts kill 64
An estimated 64 people died in the multiple explosions in Kano Grand Mosque today, according to preliminary casualty figures released…
Nigerian Police: 21 die in Abuja blast
At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the…
Abuja bomb latest: 12 dead, 19 injured
The Nigerian police said 12 persons died following an explosion that rocked Nyanya, on the outskirt of Abuja, on Thursday.…
Abuja bomb blast: “I saw many people in the bus dead”, says witness
A witness to the early morning bomb blast at a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Abuja today has…
At least 20 dead in Abuja bomb blast
A bomb blast at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja killed at least 20 people…
Army blames Boko Haram for bombing Maiduguri market
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a…
Storm batters Somalia, over 100 feared dead
At least 100 people are feared dead in a ferocious storm battering Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, the local government said…
Tunisia’s protests turn bloody
Tunisia’s National Guard clashed with militants in the central Sidi Bouzid region on Wednesday, with fatalities on both sides, police…
Algeria ends desert siege with high death toll
Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex, In Amenas, to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were…
4 militants, one cop killed in troop raid
Nigerian soldiers killed four suspected extremists and lost one policeman in the latest crackdown on the Boko Haram sect in…
Robbers Kill 32 Policemen In Lagos, 140 Robbers Killed
No fewer than 32 policemen have been killed in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria by armed robbers during gun battle within…