Tag: explosion
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Nigeria may experience fresh COVID-19 explosion in low testing states, NCDC warns
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has warned that the country may experience fresh coronavirus (COVID-19) explosion in some states with low testing samples. A few days ago, the NCDC listed nine states that have tested the least number of samples for COVID-19. Among the states are Taraba, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara,…
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PHOTOS: Many, including students, pupils feared dead in Lokoja Black Wednesday accident
Several persons, including students of Kogi State Polytechnic and some primary school pupils, have been killed in a Black Wednesday accident in Lokoja, Kogi State after a petrol tanker exploded and caught fire at Felele area in traffic gridlock. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports no fewer than 10 people have been confirmed dead after the petrol tanker…
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Sad! Kerosene eruption kills four family members in Calabar
Four persons have been killed in a kerosene explosion in Ikot Ekpo community, Calabar, Cross River State. The kerosene, suspected to have been contaminated, was being poured into a lantern when it exploded on Monday night. A 45-year-old man, Esuabana Thomas, and two of his children and an in-law were killed…
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Photos: Jonathan, ECOWAS leaders arrive Mali moments after explosion
ECOWAS’ special envoy led by Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has arrived Mali for talks with the military junta that has overthrown the elected government of the nation. The delegation arrived hours after four Malian soldiers were killed in an explosion near the Burkina Faso border, underscoring the insecurity in the troubled nation. The…
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Two feared dead, five wounded in another Lagos gas explosion
Two persons, including an artisan were on Monday murdered and at least five others injured after another gas explosion occurred in Orile-Iganmu, a Lagos slum community. The artisan identified as Ajibola Olaoye died on the spot where he was welding an articulated vehicle around 5pm at Wema Bank Bus Stop, off Coker in Ajeromi…
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Sallah Eve disaster: Multiple explosions rock Maiduguri 1 dead, many injured
Three explosions were recorded in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, on the eve of Sallah celebrations. However, the Borno Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, on Thursday, confirmed the death of one person with 16 others injured following the incident. Aliyu explained that the explosions occurred in Mairi, Custom and Gwange areas of the metropolis. Aliyu…
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Victims played with grenade before explosion – Katsina police
The five siblings who died during a bomb explosion on Saturday at Yammama village in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State played with military grenade on a farmland, the police have said. According to the police preliminary investigation, the five victims alongside six injured others found the grenade while working on the farm. The…
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JUST IN: Explosion rocks NNPC facility, seven dead
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reported an explosion incident which occurred at Gbetiokun, OML 40 and operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on behalf of the NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture leading to the death of seven people . The incident, which occurred on Tuesday during the installation of a ladder on a…
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Panic as bomb explosion rocks Benin
Tragedy was averted Friday night in Benin city, capital of Edo State, following alleged bomb explosion at Dumez Road area of Eyaen, along Auchi Road. The explosion occurred inside a waste dump pit, at the home of one Muhammed Hamza, said to be an information and communication expert, caused panic among residents of the area.…
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Akeredolu advises residents to steer clear of explosion site
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has urged residents to steer clear of Saturday’s explosion site at Ilu Abo on the Akure-Owo express way. A truck laden with dynamites being transported to Edo from Lagos State had developed a fault and exploded around 1am. The governor, who visited the scene of the explosion on Saturday,…