Abuja bomb 212618489

Timeline of Bomb Blasts in Nigeria

  • Dele Giwa Bombed

    Dele Giwa Bombed
    A parcel bomb kills Dele Giwa, the founding Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch Magazine in Lagos.
  • Bomb at Maryam Abacha Event

    Bomb at Maryam Abacha Event
    A bomb explosion occurs during the launchof Maryam Abacha’s Family Support Programme.
  • Bomb kills The News Correspondent

    Bomb kills The News Correspondent
    A bomb blast at Darbur Hotel, Kaduna claims the life of a correspondent of The News, Bagauda Kaltho.
  • Aminu Kano Airport

    Aminu Kano Airport
    A bomb explosion at Aminu Kano International Airport.
  • Airforce Base Explosion

    Airforce Base Explosion
    Explosion occurs at Air Force Base, Ikeja, Lagos.
  • Murtala International Airport

    Murtala International Airport
    A bomb explosion near the Murtala International Airport, kills the chief security officer of the airport, Olushola Omoshola and a man named Nelson Gbolahor Kasim
  • Buba Marwa’s convoy

    Buba Marwa’s convoy
    Bomb blast rocks Colonel Buba Marwa’s convoy in Lagos
  • Lagos State Task Force

    Lagos State Task Force
    A bus belonging to Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation was hit by a bomb explosion.
  • Evans Square 3 die

    Evans Square 3 die
    A bomb blast in Evans Square, Lagos; claims three lives and injures several.
  • Eleyele Ibadan

    Eleyele Ibadan
    A bomb explosion occurs in front of the Federal Min. Of Works and Housing at Eleyele Road, near Jericho Hospital, Ibadan.
  • Diya escapes death

    Diya escapes death
    Lt_Gen Oladipo Diya escapes death at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja
  • 600 dead, Ikeja Cantonment Blast

    600 dead,  Ikeja Cantonment Blast
    An explosion at the Ikeja Military Cantonment after an accidental detonation of explosives leaves over 600 dead.
  • Ikono Akwa-Ibom State

    Ikono Akwa-Ibom State
    A bomb blast occurs at the residence of the Ikono Head of Council of the area, in Ikono Akwa-Ibom State.
  • 1 die at Owan East LGA, Edo State.

    1 die at Owan East LGA, Edo State.
    A car bomb explosion kills one Godwin Aigbekhai in Owan East Local Council, Edo State.
  • Bayelsa PDP Secretariat

    Bayelsa PDP Secretariat
    An explosion destroys parts of PDP secretariat in Bayelsa State
  • Gov. Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Office Bayelsa

    Gov. Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Office Bayelsa
    Dynamites explode at the then Governor Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign office in Bayelsa State.
  • dynamites in Delta State

    dynamites in Delta State
    Thugs attack Ndudi Elumelu’s campaign office in Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta, with dynamites in Delta State.
  • MEND Car Bomb PH

    MEND Car Bomb PH
    MEND claims responsibility for a car bomb that exploded outside the offices of Nigeria’s Rivers State government in Port Harcourt.
  • Student blown at Ikeja Military Cantonment

    Student blown at  Ikeja Military Cantonment
    A student of a Government Secondary School in Nasarawa State is blown to pieces by a bomb on a farm in the Ikeja Military Cantonment.
  • MEND kills 5 at Atlas Cove

    MEND kills 5 at Atlas Cove
    MEND attacks Atlas Cove, an oil facility in Lagos with dynamite and guns, killing 5.
  • Bonb targets Superscreen Television

    Bonb targets Superscreen Television
    A letter bomb purportedly targeted against Superscreen Television explodes midway to the station’s office.
  • Warri Vaiguard event; 1 die

    Warri Vaiguard event; 1 die
    Two bombs detonated at the post-amnesty dialogue organised by Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard newspapers in Warri, Delta State, killing one person.
  • Dadin Kowa Jos

    Dadin Kowa Jos
    A military grenade explosion at Dandin Kowa area of Jos, chops off the hands of Abdulsamad Mohammed (18) leaving him with multiple bruises.
  • Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

    Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
    A car explodes in the Yenagoa, Bayelsa, close to a guesthouse owned by the deputy state governor, Peremobowei Ebebi.
  • Bayelsa, Okilo Road

    Bayelsa, Okilo Road
    An explosive device is detonated at a mechanic’s workshop along Melford Okilo Road, Bayelsa.
  • Eagle Square,Abuja kill 12, injured36

    Eagle Square,Abuja kill 12, injured36
    A twin Car bomb explodes close to the Eagle Square,Abuja killing 12, injuring 36
  • Jos, 30 dies

    Jos, 30 dies
    three bombs explode in the central Nigerian city of Jos, kills 30.
  • Barkin Ladi, Plateau State

    Barkin Ladi, Plateau State
    A bomb explodes in Barkin Ladi, a town on the outskirts of Jos, Plateau State.
  • Abuja, 4 killed

    Abuja, 4 killed
    Explosions at Mogadishu Mammy Market, Abuja, claim four lives.
  • Maiduguri

    Maiduguri
    An explosion hits a polling booth at Unguwar Doki, Maiduguri, Borno State injuring more than ten people.
  • INEC Office Suleja

    INEC Office Suleja
    Bomb explosion at the Independent Electoral Commission office in Suleja, kills 11.
  • INEC Office Maiduguri

    INEC Office Maiduguri
    Youths riding on a motorcycle, throw a locally made bomb into the premises of the Maiduguri council office of the INEC.
  • Kaduna, 2 died

    Kaduna, 2 died
    Two suspected bomb-makers die in a blast in Kaduna.
  • Maiduguri Borno State

    Maiduguri Borno State
    Three bomb blasts rip through Tudu Palace Hotel and Kano Motor Park in Maidugri, Borno State.
  • foiled bombing at INEC, Oron, Akwa Ibom state

    foiled bombing at INEC, Oron, Akwa Ibom state
    A bomb blast is averted at an INEC collation centre in Oron, Akwa-Ibom State several hours before the commencement of voting in the state.
  • Shandawanka Barracks in Bauchi; 13 died

    Shandawanka Barracks in Bauchi; 13 died
    13 people die and 40 are injured after a blast occurred at the mammy market of Shandawanka Barracks in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital.
  • Zuba, Abuja - 8 victims

    Zuba, Abuja - 8 victims
    Eight victims lose their legs after an explosion occurred at Zuba, a suburb of Kubwa in Abuja.
  • foiled bombing at church

    foiled bombing at church
    A bomb blast is averted during at the United Methodist Church opposite the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi during a church service.
  • Police HQ - suicide bombing

    Police HQ - suicide bombing
    A massive explosion at the National Police Headquarters building in Abuja.