No fewer than 18 persons were severely injured in a gas explosion that occurred in the Oroazi community in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The latest explosion which occurred on Sunday evening at a gas refilling shop, causing significant damage to nearby buildings follows a series of gas and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents recorded in the state since 2024.
SP Grace Iringe-Koko Spokesperson of Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident during an interview on Monday.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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