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Another explosion hits oil facility in Rivers State

March 18, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Within twenty four hours, another explosion has occurred at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. A similar explosion had rocked the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) operated by Shell in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday. The latest incident reportedly occurred […]

Explosion hits Trans Niger pipeline in Rivers State

March 18, 2025Bode DoluLeave a Comment

A section of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria, has been plunged by an explosion. The explosion occurred late on Monday night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction. According to Punch, thick black smoke was seen billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire […]

Protest, explosion rock Rivers LGs as newly sworn-in chairmen resume

October 7, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

It is still head or tail as political tension in Rivers State continued on Monday as fresh explosions and protests rocked some local government areas of the state. The latest is linked to Monday’s order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for the secretariat of the 23 LGs to be unseled and the […]

Explosion destroys many buildings in Ibadan (Photos)

January 17, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) South West Zonal Office, has shared photos showing the damaged building in the Ibadan explosion incident that occurred last night, January 16. NEMA said that Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) are responsible for the explosion that rocked Adeyi Estate in Bodija Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday night, January 16. The Southwest […]

Explosion hits Obasanjo Presidential Library, two feared dead

May 20, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, witnessed an explosion on Thursday, leaving two persons feared dead. The explosion occurred around 11.00 am at the Marcque event centre within the Presidential Library. As a routine cleaning was being done, one of the gas cylinders in the event centre exploded. The occurrence […]

Explosion hits ex-Ogun State Governor’s Hotel, two dead, three injured

May 18, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Two people have died and more are injured after a gas explosion rocked Conference Hotel on Presidential Boulevard, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The explosion occurred around noon on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, resulting in the death of a technician and another yet-to-be-identified person. Three others were left with varying degrees of injuries. They are receiving treatment in a hospital. The […]