US EditionAn explosion in Nigeria's Kwara state kills at least 1 person, police say
An IED blast killed a driver and critically injured a woman on a road linking Kwara and Niger states amid ongoing banditry crackdowns, officials said.
- An early-morning IED blast killed at least one person and injured others Monday in Kwara state when it struck a commercial vehicle near Woro community along the Wawa-Kaiama road to neighbouring Niger state.
- Following earlier coordinated attacks, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered military deployment and last month launched Operation Savannah Shield in the area.
- Abubakar Abdullahi, chairman of Kaiama Local Government, said shortly after 7am a six-month-old baby survived an explosion that killed the driver and seriously injured the woman, who was moved to Ilorin.
- Authorities said the area has been secured and police completed operations, warning about informants and urging residents to give credible information, while police authorities in Kwara and Niger have not issued official statements.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and the incident comes as the United States previously sent troops to train Nigerian forces amid Islamist groups recently pushing southward in Kwara.
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Kwara: 6-month-old Baby Survives As Bandits' IED Kills Driver, Injures Woman
A six-month-old baby survived on Monday after an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by bandits exploded along a road in Woro community, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The explosion claimed the life of a commercial driver and left a woman critically injured. The development has further heightened fears over insecurity in the area. Efforts to get official confirmation from the police were unsuccessful as of press tim…
Deadly Explosion in Kwara State: Rising Militancy Sparks Fear
An explosion in Kwara state, Nigeria, has left at least one person dead and several others injured, heightening fears of increased militant activity in the region. The blast targeted a commercial vehicle near Woro village. Police are investigating, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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An explosion in Nigeria's Kwara state kills at least 1 person, police say
Police in Nigeria say that an explosion has killed at least one person and injured an unspecified number of people in the country's north-central Kwara state.
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