No fewer than 22 people are feared dead and 22 others injured in an explosion and fire near a chemical factory on Wednesday in a northern China region. The incident happened near Hebei Shenghua Chemical Co. in Zhangjiakou, a city some 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Beijing that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. […]
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At least two persons died and 37 others injured in a gas explosion that occurred in Lafia on Monday . The Nasarawa State Government expressed shock and sadness over the explosion. The Deputy Governor, Mr Silas Agara, said during on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of the incident that the government would take the necessary […]
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The Niger Police Command on Sunday deployed armed personnel to prevent people from scooping petroleum products from the NNPC pipeline that exploded in Dagbo community, Paikoro Local Government Area. Dibal Yakadi, Commissioner of Police in Niger, announced this while addressing journalists at the depot in Minna. He said that deployment became necessary in view of […]
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Not less than persons were killed and about 48 others injured after suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Saturday attacked Abachari village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. The suicide bombers, said to be six by the army, reportedly targeted people returning home after a Sallah fair in Damboa. The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) spoke on the […]
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The Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, has confirmed the death of a boy with two others injured following an explosion in Mubi town. Mr Sajoh told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Sunday, that the explosion suspected to be from an Improvise Explosive Device (IED) occurred at a scrap materials […]
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Four suicide bombers struck Mairanti, a village near Maiduguri in Nigeria’s Borno state on Thursday night. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reported that the incident occurred around 10pm when most residents were indoors, but no casualties were recorded except the bombers. Bashir Garga, the northeast coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed the […]
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Authorities in Kabul say two explosions have hit the centre of the Afghan capital killing at least 21 people. Kabul chief of police Dawood Amin said the area hit by the first blast on Monday morning included foreign offices. Authorities said at least 21 people, including a journalist, were killed and 27 wounded in the […]
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A pipeline explosion was earlier reported at Iyana–Odo axis of Lasu- Isheri expressway. Sketchy reports suggest that the incident occurred some minutes after 9am on Thursday morning. As at time of this report, cause of the explosion was not determined. The exploded pipeline connects Ayobo community in the Ipaja end of Lagos Mainland. “@1035fmradio1: #BREAKING: […]
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An explosion took place at a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, residents said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Two weeks ago, around 35 people were killed by a twin bombing at a mosque in the same city. NAN reports that on Jan. 23, a twin car bombing in […]
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An oil farm was on Wednesday gutted by fire in the Ijegun area of Lagos. The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said on Wednesday that there was no casualty in the fire incident that gutted a tank farm at Ijegun Ibasa in the Ojoo Local Government Area of Lagos. Fadipe said that […]
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