Tag: Explosion
Explosion rocks Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga A huge explosion has ripped apart a bungalow at Oworonshoki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, destroying houses and…
No explosion in Karu – NEMA, police
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said there was no bomb explosion on Saturday night in Karu, a…
Explosion rocks boat conveying Maldives president
An explosion ripped through a speed boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday, injuring his wife and two others…
Multiple explosion kills 54 in Borno – Police
The Police Command in Borno State on Monday confirmed the killing of at least 54 persons in the Sunday night…
6 dead, many injured in Damaturu bomb explosion
Six people, including two suspected suicide bombers, have died in two bomb explosions that occurred on Tuesday in Damaturu. DSP…
Explosion rocks US military base
Pentagon Spokesman, Navy Comdr. William Urban, confirmed that an explosion occurred at the United States Army Sagami General Depot in…
Suicide bomber dies in Borno explosion
A suspected male suicide bomber died on Monday after detonating his Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) near a military check point…
Police recover remains of Bayelsa Agip’s pipeline explosion
The Bayela Police Command said it had recovered the remains of victims of Thursday’s crude oil pipeline explosion which occurred…
Police confirm 2 dead in Borno explosion
The Police in Borno on Saturday confirmed the death of two persons in an explosion that occurred around the Borno…
Explosion kills at least four people in Chad’s capital
An explosion killed at least four people in the main market in Chad’s capital N’Djamena early on Saturday, a Reuters…
Petrol tanker explosion kills 5, injures 6 in Kebbi
A fully loaded petrol tanker on Saturday exploded at Dabi in Kebbi, killing five people and injuring six others. The…
IED explosion kills 13 in Borno
Thirteen persons were killed after an Imporvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Bulabulin ward of Monguno Local Government Area (LGA)…
Explosion rocks Burundi as defiant protesters continue
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – An explosion shook the centre of the Burundi capital on Friday but no one was injured, a…
Danger Looms In Ejigbo As Petrol Leaks From NNPC Pipelines
Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Ejigbo and Diamond Estate in Isheri Olofin are now living in fear over the danger of…
Petrol Tanker Fire Burns 3 To Death
Damilare Okunola At least three people have been confirmed dead during an inferno that occurred when a petroleum tanker exploded…
Blast rips through bus in Potiskum
A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday, witnesses said, in the latest explosion to hit…
Explosion kills 11 at check point in Biu, Borno State
Eleven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint near the town of Biu in northeast Nigeria…
Explosion, gunfire rock APC rally in Okrika, home of Patience Jonathan
Explosion, gunfire rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Okrika, Rivers state today, although casualty figures are yet to…
Two explosions rock Gombe, 5 dead
Two blasts rocked north Nigeria’s Gombe city on Sunday, killing five people, with one of the attacks targeting a military…
Mexico hospital explosion kills two babies, nurse
A gas truck explosion demolished a maternity hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing two babies and a nurse, injuring…
APC office in Okrika bombed
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Old habits of political intolerance die hard as unidentified men bombed the office of Nigeria’s opposition All…
Two female suicide bombers kill four in Potiskum
Two explosions ripped through a crowded mobile phone market in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Sunday, residents said,…
Huge explosion rocks Mogadishu, kills 4
A huge suicide car bomb blast shook Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday near the heavily-fortified international airport, killing four people,…
Explosion at Bauchi market kills 7, injures 25
A explosion at the main market in northeast Nigeria’s Bauchi city killed seven people and injured 25 others in an…
Explosion razes Bauchi market killing 15
An explosion rocked Bauchi yesterday setting fire to a market, where heavy casualties were feared. Eyewitnesses claim that about 15…
Six dead, 7 injured in Kano twin explosion
Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the death of six persons, including two female suicide bombers following a twin…
Explosion rocks busy textile market in Kano
A blast ripped through a busy textile market in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday, the police and…
Reforming Prison System In Africa
By Bilikis Bakare The institution of prison is not indigenous to Africa. It is a holdover from colonial times, a…
Explosion rocks bus station in Bauchi
A large explosion rocked a bus station Wednesday in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram, witnesses said,…
Police confirm explosion at Dennis Osadebey Avenue in Benin
The Edo Police Command has confirmed Saturday’s explosion on Dennis Osadebey Avenue, in Benin City, the Edo capital. Deputy Police…