Tag: Explosion
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…