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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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Breaking: Scores Feared Dead As Explosion Rocks Kaduna

January 4, 2020 11:13 am

Several persons have been reported dead in a gas explosion that occurred at a shop along Kachia road in Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna.

The reason resulting to the explosion of the gas is not yet known at the time of this report, but the sound of the explosion attracted people within and outside Sabon Tasha to the scene.

As at the time of filing this report, the shop where the gas is being sold and other shops are up in flames.

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Only parts of human body were seen

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Explosion Rocks Ebonyi School

December 5, 2019 1:47 pm

An object suspected to be an improvised explosive device has exploded at Glory Land High School,Azugwu, in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The device which exploded during break hour, Thursday, according to sources within the school, shattered the left arm of an SS 2 student simply identified as Chibuike while undisclosed number of students sustained various degree of injuries.

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The incident which happened at about 11 am caused serious confusion and panic within the school and its vicinity.

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LGA polls: Certificate forgery rocks Niger APC

September 23, 2019 12:06 am

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State has been immersed in a crisis of certificate forgery involving aspirants contesting the forthcoming local government election.

Daily Sun learnt that following complaints from some party faithful, the Department of State Security (DSS), has waded in to help unravel the genuineness of certificates submitted to party and the state independent Electoral Commission by some chairmanship and four councillorship aspirants.

It was learnt that, so far, three of the aspirants have been found to be parading fake certificates.

The discovery has prevented the party from submitting the final list of candidates to …