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Ikeja bomb blast: 22 years after

Come with me as I take you down memory lane. On January 27, 2002, around 4:00 pm, a loud bang emanated from the...

Ibadan explosion: Spaces for Change calls for swift succour to victims, high-powered investigation

Spaces for Change (S4C) has condemned in totality the January 16, 2024, explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, triggered by the activities of...

January 16 devastation: The night Ibadan’s peace was shattered

As the clock struck 7:44 p.m. on January 16, 2024., an ominous crescendo tore through the serene city of Ibadan, the Oyo State...

2 people dead, 77 injured as Gov. Makinde provides update on Ibadan explosion

Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde has provided a crucial update on the devastating explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday evening, resulting in the...

Breaking: Many feared killed, houses destroyed as explosion hits Ibadan

A chaotic situation pervaded Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday evening as a deafening explosion believed to be from gas rocked the...

Just in: Fatalities in Rivers illegal refinery fire rise to 39

Another 39 people have been consumed in an illegal oil refining site fire at Ibaa forest in Emuoha council area of Rivers State....

Dozens trapped under rubbled after explosions at religious gatherings in Northern Pakistan

At least 35 people were killed and more than 65 injured on Friday in attacks on religious gatherings to mark the birthday of...

South Africa Gas Explosion: No Nigerian casualty — Consul General

Amb. Andrew Idi, Nigeria’s Consul General to South Africa, says there were no Nigerian casualties during the underground gas explosions in Johannesburg last...

Breaking: Twin explosion rocks APC rally in Port Harcourt

A twin explosion has ripped through a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, leaving several...

Breaking: Explosion rocks catholic church in Ondo Gov. Akeredolu’s town, Owo

An early Sunday morning explosion has ripped through St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo, Ondo Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu’s town. Unconfirmed report...

Scores feared dead as explosion rocks Niger community, scores abducted

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Scores are feared dead as explosives believed to be planted by terrorists went off on Monday...

Shops, properties destroyed as petrol tanker explodes in Onitsha, Anambara State

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Several shops and properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire after a petrol laden...

Lagos March 15 explosion: BBC goofed, report jaundiced, unbalanced

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) may have embarked on contrivances through its reports to attack the integrity of certain institutions of Nigerian Government...

Seven personnel lost to NPDC Crude oil explosion, says NNPC

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that seven personnel lost their lives in an explosion at Gbetiokun, OML 40, operated...

June 21 Tanker Explosion: FG to close Kara-Berger bridge

  Following last Sunday’s multiple tanker explosion on Kara-Berger bridge at Ogun-Lagos boundary, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has announced the...