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Panic As Explosion Rocks Taraba

Panic As Explosion Rocks Taraba

September 19, 2022 6:22 am

There is palpable tension after a loud explosion was again heard in the ATC area of Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State Sunday night.

Speaking through the state police command through its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Usman Abdullahi, confirmed the explosion to Africa Daily News, New York on Monday morning.

Though the police could not give detailed reports of the explosion, the PPRO, however, promised to get back to our correspondent as soon as further information was made available to the command by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the area.

Some persons from the area who also …

Death Toll In Bangladesh Port Depot Fire Rises To 49

Death Toll In Bangladesh Port Depot Fire Rises To 49

June 6, 2022 4:23 am

No fewer than 49 people have been confirmed dead so far and hundreds injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials confirmed on Monday. 

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the toll is expected to rise further, with some of the more than 300 people injured in serious condition, officials said, while volunteers reported that there were more bodies inside the smouldering, wreckage-strewn facility.

It was earlier reported that the fire started late on Saturday at the depot in Sitakunda, which stores around 4,000 containers, many of them filled with …

Panic As Bomb Explosion Hits Kogi

Panic As Bomb Explosion Hits Kogi

May 30, 2022 4:43 am

Residents in Kabba, Kogi State, have been thrown into confusion following an explosion which has left an undisclosed number of people dead and many people injured. 

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the ugly explosion occurred opposite Mannajot Petrol Station on Sunday evening, with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people feared injured.

Details of the blast are still sketchy but a security source linked the bomb explosion to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.

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Kano Explosion Buhari Sends Message To Victims’ Families

Kano Explosion: Buhari Sends Message To Victims’ Families

May 19, 2022 4:27 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with families over loss of lives in the Sabon Gari, Kano, gas explosion in which nine people reportedly lost their lives. 

The President also ordered officials to provide adequate treatment for the injured persons.

‘The gas explosion in Kano is very sad. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I wish the injured people a speedy recovery,’ said the President.

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‘In this moment of profound grief, I pray to the Almighty to bestow strength …

Fresh Gas Explosion In Old Havana Injures Three

Fresh Gas Explosion In Old Havana Injures Three

May 13, 2022 3:46 am

A gas explosion in Havana injured three people yesterday exaclty in the same neighbourhood where a similar blast that left 44 dead and destroyed an iconic hotel was reported last week, authorities have confirmed.

The victims were a father and son and a neighbour, local official Yamila Velazquez told state television.

“The child’s father had flipped the switch and there was an explosion. A neighbour suffered injuries to her legs and arms,” Velazquez said, adding that the three victims were taken to a hospital by neighbours while the fire brigade cut off the neighbourhood’s gas supply.

The latest explosion comes …

10 Feared Dead In Abia Illegal Refinery Explosion

10 Feared Dead In Abia Illegal Refinery Explosion

May 9, 2022 2:02 am

No fewer than ten persons have been feared dead followiug an explosion that occurred at an illegal refinery situated in Uzuaku Community in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the explosion occurred barely two weeks after a fire explosion left no fewer than 100 persons at an illegal crude oil refining site in Imo State.

The casualties involve a husband and wife together with that of only son of another family.

The incident, which was said to have caused anguish in the homes of many families in the Community, happened …

Tension As Explosion Rocks Agip Facility In Bayelsa

Tension As Explosion Rocks Agip Facility In Bayelsa

March 14, 2022 1:37 pm

There is tension in Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. following an explosion that rocked the facility of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).

Eni, which is the parent company of NAOC, on Monday revealed that the blast has disrupted oil production, cutting oil export from its Brass Export terminal by some 25,000 barrels per day.

According to Eni the explosion was the second attack in a few days after an earlier incident on February 28 at its Obama flow station led to a production shortfall of 5,000 barrels per day.

In a statement which was sighted …

One Person Hospitalised As Explosion Rocks Houston

January 24, 2020 2:18 pm
A large explosion, on Friday, jolted the U.S. city of Houston, with authorities saying at least one person had been hospitalised.

The blast, which was believed to be an industrial facility, shattered windows of nearby buildings and was felt kilometres away.

Smoke and flames could be seen from the site in the North-West of the city.

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The Houston Fire Department said emergency responders’ cordon-off the area, before transporting the injured person to the hospital, NAN reports.

However, following the explosion, some schools in the state announced

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Scores Feared Dead In Vandalised NNPC Pipeline Explosion

January 20, 2020 10:19 am

Several people were feared dead yesterday  when a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) exploded in the Ekoro area of Abule-Egba, Lagos State.

Following the incident, the residents of Ekoro in Abule-Egba/Ile-Epo area of the state were  thrown into pandemonium as multiple fire-explosions from the vandalised petrol pipeline rocked the area.

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THISDAY gathered that the explosion, which started at about 9p.m. yesterday, was alleged to have been caused by activities of pipeline vandals in the area.

According to an eyewitness, the residents had perceived strong smell …

Simon Mallam, Nigerian Prof Killed In Gas Explosion Buried

January 19, 2020 6:26 am
The remains of late Prof. Simon Mallam who died in a gas explosion in Sabo Tasha, Kaduna have been laid to rest in his hometown, Malagum, Kaura Local Government, Kaduna State.

Mallam, a Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was until his death, the Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.

He was among the eight persons killed in the gas explosion on Jan. 4, 2020.

Mallam’s remains were laid to rest on Saturday, after a funeral Service held at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Malagum.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Ogbonaya Onu

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Kaduna Explosion: DPR Recovers More Bodies Of 3 Victims

January 11, 2020 5:31 am
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Friday said a combined team of DPR, KEPA and other agencies have recovered mutilated bodies of three more victims of the Jan. 4 Kaduna gas explosion.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recovery of the three bodies brings to eight the number of victims killed by the gas explosion.

The North West Zonal Controller, DPR, Isa Tafida made the disclosure during a condolence visit to the family of the late Chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Prof. Simon Mallam.

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Bomb Explosion Kills 9, Injures 26 In Mali

January 7, 2020 9:34 am
At least nine people were killed and 26 injured after an explosion in northern Cameroun, local authorities have confirmed on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Monday in Fotokol, a town near the border with Nigeria, when “young men in search of metals’’ stumbled on a homemade bomb before mistakenly detonating it, Regional Governor Midjiyawa Bakari confirmed.

Initially, there were fears that the explosion was linked to the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram which poses a steady threat in Nigeria, but Bakari dismissed this after investigations proved otherwise.

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