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Bomb explosion hits Kaduna

There was panic on Sunday evening in Nigeria’s northern city Kaduna after a bomb explosion killed a suspected suicide bomber, police said. There were two people seriously injured before taken to hospital. A Xinhua reporter in the city said the … read more

Militants bomb five Agip oil wells

Yesterday, suspected ex-militants stormed the National Agip Oil Company, NAOC, with explosives and bombed five cluster oil wells belonging to the company. The oil wells, according to information available to Vanguard, are located between River Niger and Tailor creek in … read more

PENGASSAN declares 3-day strike from April 16

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has declared a three-day nationwide warning strike from April 16, to protest perceived unfair labour practices, anti-union activities and general insecurity of members at work places and at home. In … read more

30 die in fuel tanker fire in Nigeria

At least 30 people were burnt to death on Sunday following a fuel tanker explosion at Gani Gaku in Nigeria’s northern Adamawa state, the private Nation newspaper reported Monday. It said the tragedy occurred as people scooped fuel from a … read more

Boko Haram attack police stations

Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram attacked three police stations in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, burning two of them down in the latest of scores of such assaults, police said. It was not yet clear if there were casualties … read more

Profiling Nigeria Muslims for Boko Haram

Attacks by the militant Boko Haram is prompting the Nigerian government to place Muslim groups in the country under security scrutiny, a move seen by analysts as counterproductive. “As part of the measures to forestall future occurrence, we have the … read more