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Scores of people were injured, vehicles and buildings damaged when a truck conveying gas cylinders exploded in Magama community, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State,    It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday, November 15, at a filling station ‘Walidan,’ where products suspected to be smuggled into the country from Niger Republic were kept.    “The tragedy …

A tram crashed into a shop in central Oslo, injuring four people.  The tram, which had about 20 passengers, crashed into a computer shop in the centre of the Norwegian capital on Tuesday morning, October 29, with the driver among the injured.  The four-storey building has been evacuated and will be checked for structural damage, police said.    Images from …

Gunmen have k!lled a police inspector and injured an expatriate during an attack on workers in a quarry in Ihivbe-Ogben, in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State.    Sources told the News Agency of Nigerian, NAN that the gunmen on Thursday October 17, ambushed the quarry workers and opened fire on them while they were returning to their …

Six persons have lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident in Ibadan, Oyo State.    The accident which involved a trailer conveying tiles, a lorry loaded with soft drinks, and two tricycles occurred at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko on Akanran Road, in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state on Monday …

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is expected to be out until at least mid-November with a hamstring injury. The Brazil international was hurt in the 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday and was replaced by Vitezslav Jaros after 79 minutes. Liverpool do not expect Alisson to be back before the next international break, which takes place 11-19 November following a round …

Northern Ireland have called Mansfield Town goalkeeper Christy Pym into their squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Belarus and Bulgaria. The 29-year-old has not played for his country before, but trained with his new team-mates on Tuesday after regular keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell withdrew from the squad on Monday with a shoulder problem. With Plymouth Argyle’s Conor Hazard already …

At least six people have been killed and nine wounded in a mass shooting at a Tel Aviv railway station, Israeli media said.   Police earlier said four people were killed and seven wounded in a suspected terror attack in Israel’s central city of Tel Aviv, adding that two assailants had been “neutralised”.   Israeli police said that two “terrorists” …

John McGinn and Scott McKenna will both miss Scotland’s Nations League double header against Croatia and Portugal through injury but goalkeeper Craig Gordon has returned to the group. McGinn, 29, is expected to miss three or four weeks with a hamstring strain picked up in Aston Villa’s victory over Wolves last month and, unusually, is forced to sit out an …

The spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, September 30, said the driver identified as Usman Idris lost control and rammed into the gathering. “A fatal motor vehicle and pedestrian accident occurred on Sunday along Kano-Gumel road at Gagarawa village in Ringim LGA,” the statement read.   “The …

A newborn baby is in a coma while two other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries following a gas explosion which occurred in the home of a Nigerian journalist, Abdulkareem Haruna.      A colleague, Hamza Suleiman, confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Monday, September 30, and said the explosion occurred while family members were preparing for the …