Another petroleum tanker explosion occurred at Gujungu town in Taura Local Government of Jigawa State.

Eyewitness said that the incident happened on Sunday night when the tanker was about uploading the fuel in a filling station.

He said security personnel cordoned the area and residents and road users were prevented from getting access to the scene.

He said no casualty was recorded but properties worth billions of Naira were destroyed.

Police Spokesman, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident. He said police will issue an official statement after investigation.

It was observed that the incident happened kilometres away from Majia town, where the previous incident occurred that killed over 100 persons.

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The Israeli army on Sunday issued a fresh evacuation order for residents of the Al-Roya Tower in Gaza City, warning that the building would soon be targeted over alleged Hamas activities.

Army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, in a statement today, said the building was being targeted due to the alleged presence of Hamas terrorist infrastructure inside or nearby.

“The (army) will strike the building soon due to the presence of Hamas terrorist infrastructure inside or nearby,” Adraee said.

It was reports that it was the second time in two days that the Israeli military had issued a warning over the tower.

On Saturday, a similar order was given, though the building was not struck.

“For your safety, you must evacuate the building immediately and move south toward the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi,” AFP quoted the spokesman as adding, referring to an area in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

The new order follows the demolition of two other high-rise residential buildings in Gaza earlier this week. The Israeli military said the flattened towers were being used by Hamas to “monitor” troop movements, a claim Hamas has rejected.

The evacuation order came as Israeli forces pushed further into Gaza City.

“We are deepening the manoeuvre on the outskirts of Gaza City and within Gaza City itself,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers at the start of a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

It was reports that although Israel has not officially declared the start of a major offensive to seize Gaza City, its military operations and bombings in the area have intensified in recent weeks.

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Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has formally written to billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, demanding the shutdown of activist Omoyele Sowore’s X (formerly Twitter) account for comments critical of President Bola Tinubu.

A letter dated September 6, 2025, and addressed to Musk in his capacity as Chairman and CEO of X Corp., accused Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, of using his verified handle to push “misleading information, incitement to violence, hate speech, cybercrime, and disparagement of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The two-page document, signed by B. Bamigboye on behalf of the DSS Director General, cited an August 25 post where Sowore referred to President Tinubu as a “criminal” and accused him of lying during a trip to Brazil.

“This criminal @officialABAT actually went to Brazil to state that there is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly!” Sowore had posted.

According to the DSS, such remarks amount to ridicule of the president and a “serious threat to national security.” The agency demanded that Musk enforce an “immediate and urgent ban/deactivation” of Sowore’s account and any affiliated handles within 24 hours. It warned that failure to comply could force Nigeria to impose “far-reaching, sweeping and across-the-board measures” against X.

Reacting on Facebook, Sowore described the DSS request as “a national disgrace” and “an assault on institutions and common sense.”

“It came as no surprise to discover a ridiculously crafted letter from the DSS to X, demanding that my account be deactivated within 24 hours,” he wrote. “This brazenness is not only unconstitutional but also a desecration of national dignity.”

He accused the Tinubu government of hiding behind security agencies to persecute him, citing past arrests, travel restrictions, and a recent court case that branded him a “terrorism financier.”

“To export this shame to Twitter in the US shows how far Nigeria has sunk into the hands of its most incompetent and dysfunctional citizens,” he added, vowing that his activism would continue “with or without a Twitter account.”

Sowore’s clash with the DSS is not new. In 2019, under former President Muhammadu Buhari, he was arrested ahead of the #RevolutionNow protests, detained for months, denied bail, and restricted from traveling abroad despite multiple court rulings. He was charged with treason, but the case was dropped in 2023 when Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi entered a nolle prosequi, formally ending the trial.

Despite the discontinuation, Sowore insists that security agencies under Tinubu have continued to harass him — now extending the battle to Silicon Valley.

Culled from the People’s Gazette

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