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Truck laden with gasoline explodes in Nigeria and kills at least 31 people, police say

October 21, 2025 admin

A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday (October 21, 2025) in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and as local residents rushed to the scene to scoop up spilling fuel, police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said in a…

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35 Children Killed In Nigeria School Fair Stampede: Police

December 19, 2024 admin

Laos: A stampede at a school fair in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan has left 35 children dead and seriously injured six others, police said on Thursday. “Eight persons have since been arrested for their various involvements” in the incident, which took place on Wednesday in Nigeria’s third largest city, Oyo State Police Command…

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At Least 27 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Niger River

November 30, 2024 admin

Lagos: A Nigerian river ferry capsized Friday killing at least 27 people and leaving many missing, officials told AFP of the latest in a series of mass drownings on the country’s busy waterways. The disaster happened on the Niger, near Dambo in Kogi state, at a point where West Africa’s mightiest river can be more…

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Over 90 Killed, 50 Injured After Fuel Tanker Explodes In Nigeria

October 16, 2024 admin

Nigeria: A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday. Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after the tanker crashed in northern Jigawa state late on Tuesday, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam told AFP. The…

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Nigerian man has a lucky escape during kidnap bid

March 21, 2024 admin

The raid on the village in Kaduna States in Nigeria came weeks after around 280 students were abducted from a school in the State. | Photo Credit: AP Waking up to a gunman shining a light around his house, Nigerian Yusuf Thomas took his chance to escape when his would-be kidnapper told him to lie…

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The resurgence of mass kidnappings in Nigeria | Explained

March 20, 2024 admin

The story so far: Battling its worst economic crisis in years, Nigeria is also facing serious security challenges amid a resurgence of kidnappings in its troubled northern region. Over 600 people, including at least 300 schoolchildren, have been kidnapped in the northeastern and northwestern parts of Africa’s most populous nation since the end of February. The…

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Four police officers among six dead in Nigerian attack

March 10, 2024 admin

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is grappling with violence by armed groups in the northwest, known locally as “bandits”, and jihadist insurgents in the northeast. | Photo Credit: AFP Armed men accused of belonging to a separatist group killed six people, including four police officers, in southeastern Nigeria’s Ebonyi state, police said on March 9. The…

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Gunmen Kill 14, Kidnap 60 In Attacks In Nigeria

September 24, 2023 admin

Attacks in the northwest are part of widespread insecurity in Nigeria. (Representational) Maiduguri, Nigeria: Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and kidnapped at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said, two days after armed men kidnapped dozens from a university in the state….

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24 Female Students Among 30 Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University

September 23, 2023 admin

The attack was the first mass kidnapping since President Bola Tinubu came to power (Representational) Zamfara, Nigeria: Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits barged…

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