Tag: explosion
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Just in: Major suspect in Rivers State explosion found in hospital
The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Adaeze Oreh, says the prime suspect in the explosion that rocked Port Harcourt, the state capital on Tuesday, has been found. The commissioner said the suspect was found at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, formerly Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMH). She said the doctors at the hospital alerted…
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3 dead as tanker explosion rocks Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers says three persons lost their lives in a fuel tanker explosion that took place in the state on Tuesday.
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ICYMI: Conoil tanker tyre explosion sparks chaos in Surulere
Pandemonium engulfed Ekololu, a community in the Surulere area of Lagos, on Monday night when the back tyres of a tanker transporting fuel to a Conoil filling station burst into flames near the station.
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Just in: Explosion rocks Kaduna community, kills pupil, injures ten others
An explosion in Kidandan village of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has claimed the life of a pupil of an Islamiyya school while ten others have reportedly been injured. The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, said the explosion was being…
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Explosion in sugar factory claims 11 lives
Eleven people died and two others were injured in an explosion in a sugar factory in Morogoro, eastern Tanzania, Shabani Marugujo, head of the local emergency services, reported on Thursday. The accident, which has been attributed to a burst heating pipe, took place on Wednesday evening.
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BREAKING: Multiple explosions rock gas plant feeding NLNG export terminal
Multiple explosions were on Tuesday reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
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4 dead, 70 vehicles burnt as tanker explodes in Rivers
The Police Command in Rivers says four people and over 70 vehicles were burnt in Friday’s fuel tanker explosion in the state.
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Finally, army confirms explosion at Ikeja Cantonment
The Nigerian Army says a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday. This is contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the explosion was suspected to have been triggered by the burning of refuse…
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Explosion rocks Army farmland in Ikeja Cantonment
The Nigerian Army says a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday.
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Just in: Many feared dead as explosion reportedly rocks Taraba
The Taraba State Police Command has stated that three children died in Didango Geita village, Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state following a suspected “accidental discharge” from a dane gun. The state Commissioner of Police, David Iloyonomon, stated this while refuting claims made by some villagers who attributed the deaths to an explosion…