Tag: Bomb

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June 10, 2014

‘No cause for alarm,’ Police say after Abuja bomb scare

by Oge Okonkwo Reports indicate that there was a bomb scare in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja which caused a ...

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May 26, 2014

What was he thinking? Senator takes ‘bomb’ into Assembly building (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo An lawmaker in Australia in a bid to mock security, smuggled a replica explosive device into parliament on ...

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May 21, 2014

Collins Uma: Fond memories of Jos is all we have (Y! FrontPage)

by Collins Uma Jos was to me a place to find solace. The city that gave me a Degree. Now ...

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May 20, 2014

UPDATE: Death toll rises to at-least 118 in Jos bomb attack (See Photos)

  by Akan Ido The death toll of the bomb blast at the Terminus Market in Jos, Plateau state earlier ...

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May 20, 2014

UPDATE: 46 dead, 45 injured in Jos bomb attack, Jonathan reacts

by Isi Esene Reports have it that at least 46 people were killed when two car bombs ripped through a ...

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April 28, 2014

Elnathan John: A story of April and HIV test results

by Elnathan John You think of the families of the more than 70 persons bombed out of existence. And of ...

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April 18, 2014

Gimba Kakanda: Nigeria’s (in)security situation and your human worth

by Gimba Kakanda But this vile politics is not commendable at all, outrightly uncharitable in a country where condolences have ...

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January 16, 2014

Sad: Death toll in Borno suicide attack rises to 43

by Akan Ido There are reports that the death toll from the suicide bomb blast which occurred in Borno on ...

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January 14, 2014

Tragic: 17 people killed in Maiduguri bomb blast (PHOTO)

by Oge Okonkwo The city of Maiduguri has experienced yet another bomb blast which has claimed the lives of 17 ...

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January 2, 2014

Opinion: What Parkison’s law of triviality tells me about Nigeria

by Hemenseter Butu Youth Corp members have been known to go missing, beaten, kidnapped, die in accidents but never bombed ...

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December 14, 2013

Boko Haram threatens to bomb University of Maiduguri, strategic locations

by Adeola Balogun The onslaught on Maiduguri, the Borno capital, by members of dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, seems to ...

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November 15, 2013

Good riddance: Man who bombed ThisDay has been jailed for life

by Chi Ibe Umar Mustapha who was arrested for the bombing of ThisDay newspapers in April last year has been ...

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October 22, 2013

Explosive hoax: This groom-to-be called bomb police after FORGETTING to book wedding venue (PICTURED)

  Neil McArdle arrives at Liverpool Crown Court Tuesday to be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to communicating false information ...

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October 7, 2013

10 things wives will never understand about their husbands

by Ben Schrank We know that taking the big chores you do for granted while always remembering to tell you ...

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October 7, 2013

Woman caught placing bomb in a primary school in Iraq

 Civilians look at the site of a car bomb attack in New Baghdad District, eastern Baghdad October 7, 2013. File ...

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September 8, 2013

Terrorism: NAF invents bomb detecting robot to fight Boko Haram (WATCH)

by ‘Jola Sotubo In an effort to combat the terrorism menace currently plaguing the country, the Nigerian Air Force has ...

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August 31, 2013

LOOK: Ejigbo residents are scooping petrol from their wells

Long before last week, residents of Tunde Alabi Street and its adjoining areas in Ejigbo, a surbub of Lagos in ...

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June 15, 2013

Bomb threat on New York-bound plane prompts emergency landing

British fighter aircraft escorted a plane from Cairo bound for New York to an emergency landing in the U.K. after ...

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April 17, 2013

Just in: One person has been arrested for Boston bombings, says CNN | Not true, says Boston police

by Hauwa Gambo A source has just told CNN that an arrest has been made in the Boston Marathon bombings. ...

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April 16, 2013

Boston explosion: Saudi national held as suspect in hospital (Report)

Three people are dead and at least 100 injured after after two powerful explosions went off near the Boston Marathon ...

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April 15, 2013

Boston ‘bombing’: Police cordone off the White House in emergency security procedure (PHOTO)

by Isi Esene After the twin explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line which has so far killeed two people ...

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March 22, 2013

Turbulence ahead: Airlines may stop flying to Kano, Yola & others due to bombings

by Chi Ibe   They can’t take it anymore it appears. Domestic airlines that fly to Kano, Maiduguri, Yola and ...

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December 4, 2012

Another bomb blast injures 3 Shari’a guards in Kano

by Akan Ido A bomb explosion in Kano yesterday injured three paramilitary personnel. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was said ...

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October 29, 2012

TICKER: How suicide bomber attacked as worshippers knelt praying and priest was serving Holy Communion

The suicide bomber who killed eight Catholic worshippers in Kaduna on Sunday drove into the church as worshippers knelt praying ...

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October 28, 2012

Youth go on rampage after Kaduna church bombing as President Jonathan again condemns attack

by Isi Esene The church bombing which occurred earlier today has sparked reprisal attacks by the youth of the area ...

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September 23, 2012

SAD PHOTOS: Some victims of the Bauchi church suicide bombing (GRAPHIC)

by Isi Esene These are the pictures of some of the victims of the St. John’s Catholic Cathedral in the ...

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September 23, 2012

Update: Church bomb kills several worshippers in Bauchi

by Isi Esene Unconfirmed reports say that the bomb which exploded in Bauchi State at St. John’s Catholic Cathedral directly ...

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September 23, 2012

TICKER: Not again: Bomb blast hits Catholic church in Bauchi

Reports reaching us say a fresh round of explosion has rocked Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital. A source said a ...

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August 14, 2012

2 reported dead in Kaduna explosion

by Hauwa Gambo Two have been confirmed dead and four feared dead as a bomb conveyed on a motorbike has ...

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August 3, 2012

Emir of Fika escapes suicide bomb attack

by Isi Esene The Emir of Fika in Yobe State, Alhaji Muhammed Abali Ibn Mohammed Idrisa, was on Friday targeted ...

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