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9 Nov
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (JISEMA) has distributed relief materials to the affected families of Majia tanker explosion, which occurred in Taura local government area of the state. The items distributed by the agency on Saturday in Majia town include 25kg bags of rice, 25kg bags of millet, cartons of spaghetti, Maggi cube, seasoning,…
20 Oct
President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Umar Ganduje have expressed their condolences to the people of Jigawa and the state government as the death toll in a tanker explosion in the state exceeded 174. Already, various leaders…
17 Oct
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that no life was lost in Wednesday’s tanker explosion in the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, said this in a statement in Abeokuta, on Thursday. Okpe said that the incident occured at 1:00 a.m Wednesday and it…
9 Sep
A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria, killing at least 59 people, a rescue agency said on Monday. Photographs released by the Niger State Emergency Management Agency or SEMA showed workers burying more than a dozen blackened and charred bodies of victims from Sunday's early morning…
12 Aug
A devastating dynamite explosion ripped through the Action People's Party (APP) secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the early hours of Monday, leaving a trail of destruction and sparking fears of escalating political violence. It was learned that the assailants hurled the explosives into the building, located along the GRA axis, in a brazen…
15 May
The police command in Kano State confirmed on Wednesday that six individuals died in a mosque fire attack at Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, in a telephone interview, said that six out of the 24 victims of the fire attack passed away on Wednesday…
15 May
The police command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning mosque explosion in Gadan village in the Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state commissioner of police, Mr. Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday that a…
14 Mar
An explosion on Thursday at a gas depot near Tunisia's capital injured 35 people, four of them severely, civil protection services said.
25 Jan
Heavy explosion, yesterday, rocked Maitama, the heart of Abuja, sending panic across the city.
16 Jan
Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, are currently gripped by panic and confusion following an explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening at about 7:45 pm. The incident has sparked uncertainty throughout the city as residents grapple with the aftermath of the unexpected event. An eyewitness known as Olanipekun described the explosion as a…
24 Dec 2023
At least 12 people were killed and 39 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, an industrial park official said.
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The Lagos State Government has warned against the use of open spaces for illegal activities, especially for miscreants specialised in assaulting residents, theft, and causing disorderliness. This was disclosed at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Authority (LASPEMA) in Ikorodu. The meeting on Wednesday held at the Ikorodu North…