Tag: Explosion
Explosion, gunshots rock Kano College
Gunshots and an explosion has hit a college in Kano on Wednesday and multiple casualties were feared, witnesses said. Students…
Explosion at factory in eastern China kills 65, injures 150
An explosion killed 65 people Saturday as it ripped through a factory in eastern China on Saturday, state media said,…
Police Bust Plan To Bomb High School
The police have uncovered a plot to bomb a secondary school in the restive northeastern city of Gombe by defusing…
Fashola Warns Tank Farm Owners To Be Vigilant
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following an explosion at a tank farm in Apapa area of Lagos, western Nigeria, last week, Governor Babatunde…
Ogun State Residents Lament Power Outage
Nkem Taiye-Ulebor Residents of Alagbole and Ajuwon in Ogun State have lamented the power outage which the community has been…
Four dead in twin Apapa explosion
At least four people were killed after two explosions ripped through Apapa, Lagos on Wednesday night, with scores injured. According…
How I Narrowly Escaped Death —Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has recounted how he escaped death by the whiskers some years ago…
World Cup: Military Warns Football Fans
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, has advised fans and owners of viewing centres to be vigilant during World…
How Ticketing Staff Cheated Death
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A ticketing agent with the Abuja Urban Mass Transit Company, the operator of the high capacity buses affected…
Explosion Rocks Rivers Deputy Governor’s Office
The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day as an improvised explosive device was thrown at…
Nigeria: Six die in fuel tanker explosion
Six persons were killed on Friday night in a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government…
Man Arrested For Attempting To Burn Petrol Station
The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a young man identified as Dada Ajibo from Niger Republic for…
It’s An Oil Pipeline Explosion, Says PPMC
The Pipeline Products and Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the NNPC on Wednesday confirmed another fire caused by pipeline…
Tanker explosion kills 2 in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two persons were confirmed dead in a tanker explosion on Gwarzo Road, Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday. A…
Arepo Pipeline On Fire Again, 2 Indians, Others Arrested
By Emmanuel Osodi Barely two weeks after suspected vandals’ activities led to an explosion at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation,…
Fire Guts MRS Tank Farm
Fire has gutted MRS petroleum tank farm at Tin Can Island, opposite PPM Terminal, in Apapa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Unofficial…
Boxing Day Tragedy In Lagos
At about 9.30 am on 26 December 2012, a loud explosion reverberated at No. 45, Ojo Giwa Street, Jankara area…
8 Gunmen Arrested In Kano
A team of policemen arrested eight gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect who attacked their vehicle…
Explosion destroys school in Yobe
The police in Yobe on Monday said that a section of Damagum Primary School in Damagum Local Government Area was…
Man Arrested After Explosion Near Church
A man has been arrested by security agents in connection with an explosion near a church at Obehira, Okene, Kogi.…
Bauchi night blast injures 9
An explosion near a cluster of bars in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, recently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists,…
Bomb-laden Vehicle Discovered In Kano
The Joint Task Force, JTF, in Kano northwest Nigeria, Monday detonated impoverished explosives device, IED, concealed inside an abandoned vehicle…
Confusion Over Loud Noise Near US Embassy In Nigeria
There were controversies on the nature of sound heard around the vicinity of the United States’ Embassy in Nigeria’s capital,…
Another Explosion Rocks Maiduguri, Gov’s Aide Arrested Over Boko Haram
A heavy explosion followed by bursts of sporadic gunfire hit the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri on Wednesday, where a…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Nigeria’s Election Tit Bits
Ogun East NYSC members end boycott as traditional rulers wade in. Payment of allowances promised. Accreditation of voters begin in…