Five persons, including four women, have lost their lives following an explosion in a residential area in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/EgbemaNdoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Saturday. It was gathered that the blast was said to have occurred in one of the rooms in a residential area used for storing illegally refined petroleum products. An environmentalist and executive …

Nigerians have expressed concerns over the safety of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) converted vehicles following recent explosions involving some vehicles. They raised questions about the safety standards and regulatory oversight of the conversions. In May, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, led a delegation of the Federal Government on a visit to the scene of …

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has condemned the explosion at its secretariat along Aba Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday morning, saying the party is under attack in the state. The former caretaker committee chairman of the state APC, Chief Tony Okocha, stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt about the explosion. Recall that an …

Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The explosion brought down the gate of the secretariat while doors, windows and other property were destroyed. This is the second time the Chief …

No fewer than 20 people have been killed and more than 450 others wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon. Reports say a large number of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah blew up in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon, which are seen as its strongholds. Some of …

Thousands of commuters plying the Ibadan-Ife expressway were stranded for several hours yesterday when a petrol laden tanker exploded and got burnt. Two articulated trucks, one 18-seater bus, two small commercial cabs (micra), one tricycle and three motorcycles were also completely burnt in the incident. No life was lost in the incident, which happened close to Iyana-Ajia Bridge, Egbeda area, …

An explosion at the Zungeru Hydro-Electric Power Dam caused injuries to a Chinese engineer, security personnel, and several workers, and destroyed some installations. The cause of the explosion, which occurred on the morning of Monday, July 1, is currently unknown as there have been no official reports about the incident. The Chinese engineer was conducting a routine check when the …

The death toll from Wednesday’s attack on a mosque at Gadan, a community in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, has risen to 11, the police and residents of the area have said. Residents said they buried at least 11 victims of the attack, mostly aged persons. A resident of the community, Shafi’u Abubakar, had sprayed the mosque with …

Iran fired air defence batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. IRNA said the defences fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate …

Some residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, said there was an explosion in parts of the state capital. There were also videos online that showed a dusty cloud and burning houses and cars. A University of Ibadan student, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone said, “It is true. We all heard the sound and it was very …