Showing posts with label Gombe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gombe. Show all posts

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Boko Haram Takes Over Ashaka Cement Factory In Gombe

Islamist militants group Boko Haram has taken over the premises of a a strategic cement manufacturing company in Gombe state shortly
after killing five people including a Sheikh in a neighboring town.

Workers at Ashaka Cement factory said the heavily armed militants arrived in convoy of pick up vans and began shooting indiscriminately at workers after the security guards at the company fled into the bush.

Source:
SaharaReporters

Friday 31 October 2014

Breaking News! Bomb Blast Rocks Busy Motor Park In Gombe, Scores Killed

A bomb blast at the Central Park in Cross, Gombe, Gombe state, has resulted in the death of “many people”, a senior State Security Service (SSS) official has confirmed to The Cable.

Monday 9 June 2014

Female Suicide Bomber, Soldier Die as Bomb Explodes at Gombe Army Barracks

A female suicide bomber and one soldier died while another soldier was wounded when a bomb exploded at a Nigerian army barracks in Gombe, on Sunday.

Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, confirmed that a bomb exploded at the barracks on Sunday.

Olukolade, who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview from Abuja, on Sunday, however, said normal activities had, thereafter, been ongoing at the barracks.

“Intelligence deduced from credible information earlier received on this plot confirms the vigilance of some members of the public,” Olukolade said.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Fwaje Atahiri, had earlier told NAN that he heard of the incident but did not have details.

NAN gathered that the female bomber, riding on a motorcycle and on approaching the quarter-guard of the 301 Battalion, disembarked and hugged a soldier, a development that led to the explosion, killing both of them.

The source said the explosion also injured other soldiers, who were rushed to the military hospital for treatment.

Immediately after the explosion, soldiers cordoned off the road leading to the barracks, while shops and other business centres were hurriedly closed by their owners.

Source:
Tribune Newspaper