The number of casualties could not be ascertained as at press time
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Youths working in Jenata Adamu and Jenta Magoro in Jos North Local Government Area, newsmen were told on Thursday, made used of the dynamites in breaking the stones, which they sell
The exact location could not be confirmed as at press time because of the self-imposed restriction on movement by residents, but sources said it occurred in Jos North Local Government Area.
Passengers, traders, civil servants and road commuters were left stranded spending several hours on the road due to traffic jam, which lasted till noon forcing business activities including banks to a standstill
Football enthusiasts, who could not make it to Brazil, are expected to watch the matches live on television, either in their homes or viewing centres
For some it was good. And then some of us started blaming the Christians for it. And then by the time they had set us up, all questioning each other; all having blamed each other; all having eaten each other’s flesh and drank the blood therein; all having demonstrated our weakness, that our lack of humanity, our predisposition to clamor only when we felt it was one of ours, then the monster revealed its true blood-thirsty self and bombed and killed everyone
The Archbishop of Jos, Most Reverend Dr. Benjamin Kwashi, spoke in Minna, Niger State while delivering a sermon titled: “The good shepherd,” at the dedication of the Minna Cathedral of the Anglican Communion and the presentation of four Archbishops
If our retentive memories are still very much intact, if we recall the dates when this present era of incessant bombings commenced, one will be forced to ask the inherent circumstances behind these incidents and the target therein in each of the dastardly messages being sent or passed across to the masses
It was gathered that the explosion occurred in the Terminus area of the city
The Rights group also frowned at unconstitutional decisions of Kano and Sokoto States Governments to introduce Islamic religious policing institutions (Hizbah) in contravention of Sections 10 and 214(1) of the Constitution of Nigeria of 1999 (as amended)
The Eagle Online learnt that a bag containing a lot of wires was dropped at the junction by a yet-to-be-identified person
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Aminu Lawan, who announced this to newsmen in Kaduna, said that the Improvised Explosive Device was defused at about 10:30 a.m
Kimaiyo added that the Anti-Terrorism Police continued investigations on Tuesday into the thwarted plot in the coastal city
Security personnel at the bank, located on Station Road, first detected the device and drew the attention of the manager to it
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the residents of the area as well as motorists ran for safety as information about the bag spread
The explosives included wartime munitions recovered from old military trench at Okigwe and five primed improvised explosive devices found at a robbery scene at a new generation bank in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Government Area
Manko said that the suspect was instrumental to various robberies, to the extent that no robbery would take place without him being hired by all the robbers operating in the South-West
The FBI has released several images of two men they were hunting in relation to the bombing. One was wearing a white cap, the other had a black cap
Iweha said the buildings housing the factories have been destroyed
The explosion spot is close to the mega station of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation