explosion – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:49:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png explosion – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Oil Earnings Threatened as Explosion Rocks 450,000BPD Pipeline https://www.theinfostride.com/oil-earnings-threatened-as-explosion-rocks-450000bpd-pipeline/ https://www.theinfostride.com/oil-earnings-threatened-as-explosion-rocks-450000bpd-pipeline/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:50:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=405828 Nigeria’s oil revenue faces a major setback following an explosion at a key crude oil pipeline capable of transporting 450,000 barrels per day (BPD). The incident, which occurred in a strategic oil-producing region, has raised concerns over supply disruptions, potential revenue losses, and heightened security risks in the sector. Preliminary reports indicate that the explosion, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/oil-earnings-threatened-as-explosion-rocks-450000bpd-pipeline/feed/ 0 Police Confirm No Explosion or Fire After Petrol Tanker Crash in Jigawa https://www.theinfostride.com/police-confirm-no-explosion-or-fire-after-petrol-tanker-crash-in-jigawa/ https://www.theinfostride.com/police-confirm-no-explosion-or-fire-after-petrol-tanker-crash-in-jigawa/#comments Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=409598 The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that no explosion, fire outbreak, or fuel scooping occurred following the crash of a petrol tanker carrying 60,000 liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Ringim Local Government Area on Thursday, May 1, 2025. This was disclosed in a press release issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/police-confirm-no-explosion-or-fire-after-petrol-tanker-crash-in-jigawa/feed/ 1 Residents Counter Police Claim on Gusau-Dansadau Explosion, Blame Local Bandits https://www.theinfostride.com/residents-counter-police-claim-on-gusau-dansadau-explosion-blame-local-bandits/ https://www.theinfostride.com/residents-counter-police-claim-on-gusau-dansadau-explosion-blame-local-bandits/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:00:33 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=396941 Residents of Unguwar Yargaladima in Zamfara State have rejected claims by the state police command that the recent explosions along the Gusau-Dansadau Road were orchestrated by Lakurawa terrorists. According to the residents, the explosives, which detonated in two separate locations, were planted by local bandits operating within the area. Speaking to journalists in Gusau, a [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/residents-counter-police-claim-on-gusau-dansadau-explosion-blame-local-bandits/feed/ 0 Explosion on Kerch bridge in Crimea is just the beginning: Ukraine https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-on-kerch-bridge-in-crimea-is-just-the-beginning-ukraine/ https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-on-kerch-bridge-in-crimea-is-just-the-beginning-ukraine/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2022 17:56:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=333820 An explosion on Saturday that rocked the crucial Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula, is just “the beginning”, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podoliak said in Kiev. The bridge was closed in the early hours of Saturday after a truck exploded, damaging the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-on-kerch-bridge-in-crimea-is-just-the-beginning-ukraine/feed/ 0 Shocking: Tanker Explosion at Ogere Toll Gate along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway https://www.theinfostride.com/shocking-tanker-explosion-at-ogere-toll-gate-along-lagos-ibadan-expressway/ https://www.theinfostride.com/shocking-tanker-explosion-at-ogere-toll-gate-along-lagos-ibadan-expressway/#respond Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:48:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=298088 There was an oil tanker explosion at Ogere Toll Gate, along Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State in the early hours of today, 22nd June 2021. The explosion affected several oil tankers, trucks and other vehicles within the close vicinity of the tanker that caused the explosion. The cause of the explosion is yet to be [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/shocking-tanker-explosion-at-ogere-toll-gate-along-lagos-ibadan-expressway/feed/ 0 Gunshots and Explosions Causes Panic in Borno https://www.theinfostride.com/gunshots-and-explosives-causes-panic-in-borno/ https://www.theinfostride.com/gunshots-and-explosives-causes-panic-in-borno/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:58:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=285662 There was panic in Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital on Tuesday as multiple sources reported gunshots and explosions near the Gomari area of the state. Sources say explosions were also heard in Mairi area, a student’s village near the University of Maiduguri. Details about the explosions are yet to be clear.

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/gunshots-and-explosives-causes-panic-in-borno/feed/ 0 There Was No Bomb Explosion In Enugu State – SP Ebere Amaraizu https://www.theinfostride.com/there-was-no-bomb-explosion-in-enugu-state-sp-ebere-amaraizu/ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 20:21:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=235653 The Police Command in Enugu State has rubbished the social media rumor of a bomb explosion in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu. He said the viral clip on social media is false and “an attempt to instill fear in [...]

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]]> Three Nigerian Soldiers Die In IED Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/three-nigerian-soldiers-die-in-ied-explosion/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:39:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170290 The Army has confirmed that it lost an officer and three soldiers in Borno on Thursday when their patrol vehicle encountered IED buried on the road between Kangarwa and Alagarno village. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, while giving update on troops’ clearance operations in the North-East [...]

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]]> Five Killed In Mine Boko Haram Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/five-killed-in-mine-boko-haram-explosion/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:03:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=169241 Five people have been killed in a landmine explosion and a roadside ambush in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram , the civilian militia and police said Wednesday. In the first incident, at least three loggers were killed when their truck ran over a landmine outside Abbari village in the Konduga district of Borno state [...]

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]]> Chelsea Cancel Title Parade After Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/chelsea-cancel-title-parade-after-explosion/ Wed, 24 May 2017 23:29:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=166115 Chelsea have cancelled a planned victory parade in London on Sunday in light of Monday’s bomb attack in Manchester. Antonio Conte’s side won the Premier League title and could claim the double by winning Saturday’s FA Cup at Wembley. Thousands of fans were expected to turn out for the parade. “In light of these tragic [...]

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]]> Explosion Rocks NLNG Pipeline In Rivers State https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-rocks-nlng-pipeline-in-rivers-state/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:44:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=157404 A pipeline belonging to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) reportedly exploded on Wednesday, February 22. According to a statement issued by the company, the cause of the explosion has not been determined. The company said no casualty was recorded in the explosion which occurred in Rivers State. The statement said: “An explosion occurred in [...]

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]]> Explosion Rock Onitsha Market https://www.theinfostride.com/explosion-rock-onitsha-market/ Thu, 05 May 2016 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127700 At least 12 persons reportedly sustained various degrees of burns following an explosion which rocked a settlement known as Kara Market near Onitsha in Anambra State, on Tuesday, May 4. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Anambra, DSP Ali Okechukwu, who confirmed the incident on Wedneday, May 4, said that the explosion was caused [...]

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]]> Attackers storm Somalia’s Sahafi Hotel after Car Bomb Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/attackers-storm-somalias-sahafi-hotel-after-car-bomb-explosion/ Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=104927 At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a hotel in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses tell Al Jazeera. A car bomb exploded at the main gate of the Sahafi Hotel early on Sunday morning, with attackers then storming the hotel as they exchanged gunfire with [...]

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]]> Sunday Explosions In Maiduguri Was Resulted From Weapons Testing – Military https://www.theinfostride.com/sunday-explosions-in-maiduguri-was-resulted-from-weapons-testing-military/ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101928 The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Sunday said the early morning explosion in the outskirt of Maiduguri, Borno State, emanated from routine testing of military equipment. Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, spokesman for the Division, Col. Tukur Gusau, urged residents not to panic. “It is a routine test firing of our [...]

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]]> #Rivers > Five Feared Dead As Gas Explosion Hits Port Harcourt https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-breaking-news-5-feared-dead-as-gas-explosion-hits-port-harcourt/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:30:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-breaking-news-5-feared-dead-as-gas-explosion-hits-port-harcourt/ No fewer than five persons are reported dead in a gas explosion that occurred at a gas shop on Eliozu area of Port Harcourt. Rivers state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad confirmed the explosion to Vanguard on phone but said he would wait until he was sure of the situation before commenting on casualty. [...]

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]]> Inferno: 6 Dead, 12 Injured As Twin Explosions Rock Capital City Of Yobe State | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/six-dead-12-injured-as-twin-explosions-rock-damaturu-nigeria/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:30:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/six-dead-12-injured-as-twin-explosions-rock-damaturu-nigeria/ A twin explosion in Damaturu, Yobe State capital has left at least six people dead and twelve others injured. The explosions reportedly occurred in two different locations, including at a bus terminal Tuesday morning. Those injured were said to have been rushed to the Damaturu specialist hospital for treatment.

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]]> We’ll Overcome Security Challenges Before 2015 Elections – FG https://www.theinfostride.com/well-overcome-security-challenges-before-2015-elections-fg/ Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:15:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/well-overcome-security-challenges-before-2015-elections-fg/ The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Abuja, Mr. Mike Omeri, has expressed the optimism that Nigeria will overcome its current security challenges before the 2015 general elections. Omeri, who spoke during a chat with journalists in the nation’s capital on Wednesday at the regular briefing on security challenges across the country, said everything was [...]

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]]> Breaking News: Explosion Kills 10 In Bauchi Red Light District https://www.theinfostride.com/breaking-news-explosion-kills-10-in-bauchi-red-light-district/ Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/breaking-news-explosion-kills-10-in-bauchi-red-light-district/ 10 people have been killed in a Friday explosion in the red light district of Bauchi city, while 14 others were injured, Vanguard reports, citing police sources. Although the cause of the blast was not immediately clear, Boko Haram Islamists are suspected to have been responsible for the attack as the sect has unleashed similar [...]

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]]> #Insurgency: Blast hits fans at World Cup screening in northern Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-blast-hits-fans-at-world-cup-screening-in-northern-nigeria/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:39:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=48798 An explosion ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, northern Nigeria on Tuesday, police and residents said, as fans gathered to watch the World Cup. The blast at the Crossfire venue, in the Nayi-Nawa area of the state capital of Yobe,…

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]]> #Crisis: One arrested after Nigeria football pitch bombing – military https://www.theinfostride.com/crisis-one-arrested-after-nigeria-football-pitch-bombing-military/ Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:35:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46090 Nigeria's military on Monday said it had made an arrest in connection with the bombing of a football match that killed at least 40 people. "A key suspect in the terror bomb explosion that rocked Kabang community in Mubi, Adamawa state... has been arrested…

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]]> Insurgency: Jos, Nigeria, blast was car bomb, police say https://www.theinfostride.com/insurgency-jos-nigeria-blast-was-car-bomb-police-say/ Sun, 25 May 2014 11:53:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44734 An explosion that killed at least three people in the central Nigerian city of Jos was hidden in a car, police said on Sunday, as an investigation opened into the second deadly blast within a week. "It was a vehicle-borne IED (improvised explosive device…

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]]> Three dead as football fans targeted in Nigeria blast https://www.theinfostride.com/three-dead-as-football-fans-targeted-in-nigeria-blast/ Sun, 25 May 2014 09:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=44708 At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities said. The blast came just days after a twin car bomb attack ripped…

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]]> Four dead in north Nigeria suicide car bomb attack https://www.theinfostride.com/four-dead-in-north-nigeria-suicide-car-bomb-attack/ Mon, 19 May 2014 07:33:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43556 Four people were killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of Kano, the city's police commissioner said. "At about 2200 (2100 GMT), we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered…

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]]> Mine survivor says ‘I had to step on my friends’ bodies to escape’ https://www.theinfostride.com/mine-survivor-says-i-had-to-step-on-my-friends-bodies-to-escape/ Sat, 17 May 2014 21:54:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=43399 Murat Yokus may have escaped Turkey's deadliest mine explosion, but he is unable to erase the memories of his friends falling one by one to the ground, suffocated by thick fumes that engulfed the tunnels where they were trapped. "I had step on the bodies…

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]]> Bomb attack kills 71 at bus station near Abuja https://www.theinfostride.com/bomb-attack-kills-71-at-bus-station-near-abuja/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35706 A bombing at a bus station packed with morning commuters on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital killed 71 people and wounded 124 on Monday, with the president blaming the attack on Boko Haram Islamists. The explosion rocked the Nyanya station south of…

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]]> Blast rocks crowded bus station near Nigeria’s capital https://www.theinfostride.com/blast-rocks-crowded-bus-station-near-nigerias-capital/ Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:06:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=35628 A loud blast rocked a bus station packed with commuters heading to Nigeria's capital Abuja on Monday, with many people feared injured, the rescue agency spokesman told AFP. "This morning there was an explosion at the Nyanya Motor Park," Manzo Ezekiel…

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]]> 17 Murdered As Boko Haram Bombs Market In Borno State https://www.theinfostride.com/17-murdered-as-boko-haram-bombs-market-in-borno-state/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:38:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30374 At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in Borno State in an attack blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, a local police chief said on Sunday. . The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote village of Nguro-Soye, injuring many more, said police chief [...]

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]]> Nigeria Islamists kill 17 in market attack https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-islamists-kill-17-in-market-attack/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:06:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30208 At least 17 people have been killed by an explosion in a village market in northeast Nigeria in an attack blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, a local police chief said on Sunday. The deadly blast struck a busy marketplace late on Thursday in the remote…

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]]> Kiss FM Abuja’s Presenter Daniel Jibrin Is Dead! https://www.theinfostride.com/kiss-fm-abujas-presenter-daniel-jibrin-is-dead/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:49:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=19130 A popular radio presenter in Abuja is dead. Daniel Jibrin popularly called Danosaur died on Wednesday February 5, 2014 days after battling injuries from a generator explosion. . According to sources, the presenter with Abuja based Kiss FM was trying to put fuel in his generator when a candle he placed nearby suddenly triggered a [...]

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]]> Man, 2 Kids, In-Law Badly Injured In Warri House Explosion https://www.theinfostride.com/man-2-kids-in-law-badly-injured-in-warri-house-explosion/ https://www.theinfostride.com/man-2-kids-in-law-badly-injured-in-warri-house-explosion/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:35:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10786 FOUR persons, including a 4 year-old girl, were, yesterday, badly injured following an early AM explosion that rocked a two bedroom apartment along Okere Ugborikoko road by Metsharun junction in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. . The victims are Mr. Jonathan Ebatefa, 40; his two children, his in-law, Mrs. Oghenemine Sunny and [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/man-2-kids-in-law-badly-injured-in-warri-house-explosion/feed/ 1 Canadian government orders reinforced fuel trains after disaster https://www.theinfostride.com/canadian-government-orders-reinforced-fuel-trains-after-disaster/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:53:16 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=9867 Canada said Friday new rail cars used to transport fuel would be reinforced in order to avoid a repeat of the devastating explosion in Quebec last year that left 47 people dead. Large swathes of the picturesque town of Lac-Megantic were reduced to rubble…

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