•Scene of the incident The Iyana-Isolo area of the ever-busy Apapa–Oshodi Expressway in Lagos was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon after a fully loaded tanker overturned and burst into flames. Commuters and passersby watched in horror as the tanker reportedly skidded off the road, rammed into a commercial bus, and toppled into a roadside ...
An explosion has rocked a storage building belonging to the Nigerian Army at its Ilese Barracks, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The explosion occurred in the early hours of yesterday, Thursday, August 14, 2025, and was followed by a fire outbreak, reports Channels TV. In a statement, Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele confirmed th...
•Firemen, policemen and rescue teams work on the site of an explosion in a fuel station in Rome yesterday A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb yesterday left 45 people hurt, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital. The blast around 8:20 am (0620 GMT) was preceded […]
Authorities of the Nigerian Army, yesterday allayed the fear of residents of the Federal Capital Territory over an explosion that happened in Abuja. Recall that there was an explosion at a bus stop in front of the popular Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja along Abuja-Nyanga road in the early hours of the day, reports Daily Trust. […]
•Gas explosion Panic spread yesterday evening following a gas explosion that occurred behind the Alake Sports Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State — the venue currently hosting the handball event of the ongoing sports games. Eyewitnesses reported a loud blast that shook the area and caused confusion among residents and participants at the sports fac...
•An explosion One person has been confirmed dead, while five others were critically injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Onitsha, the commercial hub of Anambra State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka today, said the explosion occurred yesterday, Friday, May 16, 2...
•An explosion No fewer than five people were injured today when a cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station located opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, exploded and went up in flames. It was gathered that fire from the explosion quickly spread and torched about eight vehicles belonging to a […]
•An explosion An explosion has rocked a store harbouring illegally refined petroleum products in Omoku, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State killing five persons. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed the development yesterday. The Executive Director, YEAC-Nigeria, Dr. Fyneface Fyneface, said ...
•An explosion Two children, a 13-year-old boy identified as Imam and a six-year-old girl Nasrin, have been reportedly killed in an explosion at Abakpa area of Kaduna State. Three residents also reportedly sustained injuries in the explosion which occurred today, adjacent the old site of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, reports Daily...
•An explosion An explosion yesterday occurred inside a CCTV camera dealer’s shop along Kodesho Street around Computer village, Ikeja, Lagos. The scene of the explosion and adjoining areas were immediately taken over and cordoned off by operatives of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit of the Lagos state police Command, reports Channels ...
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