Panic gripped civil servants and residents of Yenagoa on Wednesday morning as an explosion, suspected to be caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) rocked the Bayelsa State Secretariat Complex. The incident, which occurred at approximately 6:00 am, forced a temporary shutdown of government activities and triggered a swift security response. No lives were lost, […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi The lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Honourable Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has described Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as tragic, adding that relevant authorities must bring the perpetrators to book. Akande-Sadipe, who chairs the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, said the tragic explosion, which shook Ibadan, was sad. According to […]
An explosion has occurred at Alafia bus stop beside Atlas, in Orile Iganmu axis of Lagos State. The explosion happened on Monday, August 3. DailyTimes reports that one person was reported dead. Ajibola Olaoye, 35, lost his life while four others sustained various degrees of injuries. READ ALSO Explosion kills 7 at NNPC facility The […]
Lagos – The Agbado/Oke Odo Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it averted an oil pipeline explosion in the Aboru, Agbado/Oke Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State. Breaking: 8 new cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria tally now 232 The commander, Mr Malik Ojetola, said in a statement […]
The indigenes of Soba, an autonomous community in Amuwo -Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos state ravaged by an explosion on March 15, have urged the state government to ensure that the financial relief granted by Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu, reach victims of the explosion. The indigenes who spoke through their traditional ruler, Chief […]
Lagos – The Lagos State Government on Monday setup a N2 billion Emergency Relief Fund to assist victims of Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado area of the state. This came as the governor also setup a committee to look into the immediate cause of the explosion at Abule Ado. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the establishment […]
Kaduna – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Friday said a combine team of DPR, KEPA and other agencies have recovered mutilated bodies of three more victims of the Jan. 4 Kaduna gas explosion. The recovery of the three bodies brings to eight the number of victims killed by the gas explosion. The North […]
Kaduna – The Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons in the gas explosion at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday afternoon. The Command’s Public Relations Officers, DSP Yakubu Sabo, made the confirmation in a press statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo added that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries […]
Kaduna – A gas explosion on Saturday afternoon burnt down shops injuring several persons in Kaduna. The incident occurred at about 2:00 p.m. on Kachia road by Anguwn Boro in Kaduna. Some residents seen crying at the scene said the explosion occurred at the gas refill centre trapping many people in the inferno. Many shops, […]
Leipzig (Germany) – Police on Friday reported that an explosion in an apartment building in Germany, Blankenburg, has left one man dead and about 15 people injured. The man who died was a 78-year-old tenant in whose flat the explosion is believed to have occurred. According to police, emergency responders found several liquid gas bottles […]
At least, one persons have been reportedly killed in an early morning pipeline explosion at the Iyana-Odo, Isheri-Olofin area of Alimosho in Lagos. The explosion which started at 7:30 am on Thursday, was reportedly caused by the activities of petroleum pipeline vandals in the area. It was gathered the vandals had opened up a pipeline […]
Iyana-Odo community of Lagos state is currently up in flames according to an unconfirmed report, owning to pipeline explosion. The exact cause of the explosion, though not ascertained at this period of filling this details, is around Nigeria’s state oil (NNPC) facilities at Iyana-odo community area, Lasu/Isheri axis. The affected community is along Lasu-Isheri expressway in Lagos. The […]
Dr. Ibrahim Bello Dauda is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Coordinator of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO). Dauda recently spoke with some selected Journalists in Abuja and bared his mind on national issues, the re-launch of BSO, President Buhari’s achievements and why the President needs a second term. TOM OKPE […]
A powerful explosion was heard around Muna garage in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Survivors are currently being taken to the hospital in tricycles popularly called Keke Napep. More to follow
An unconfirmed number of casualties has occurred following an overnight petrol tanker explosion and inferno in Ehere community in Obingwa Local Government Area near the Opobo Junction, Ogbor Hill, the outskirts of the commercial city of Aba, Abia State. More to follow
Death toll has continued to escalate in the recent gas explosion in Ghana as more people are reported to be injured. Agency report said that while seven persons have been confirmed dead and 132 people injured by a government report, more people have been reported death unofficially. The report has it that 64 of the […]
At least three people are reported killed and many casualties were recorded at the mass explosion in 3rd Amoured Division Rukuba Barrack of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state . The Soldiers are calling for calm saying the blast was from the destruction of old explosives in the old ammunition stuck pile clearing exercise. […]
Afghan officials say an explosion near a southern police station has killed three people and wounded 17. Samim Khpalwak, spokesperson for the provincial governor, said the explosion on Tuesday morning struck the city of Kandahar, the capital of Kandahar province. Authorities initially believed a car bomb caused the explosion, but later said they were unsure […]
An explosion has ripped through a chemical plant in south-eastern China’s Fujian province, sparking a major fire, BBC reports. The blast occurred on Monday evening at the plant in Zhangzhou. Six people were taken to hospital, say officials. State news agency Xinhua said 177 fire engines and more than 800 firefighters were sent to the […]