TUESDAY March 18, 2025 |TheNewsDESK

An explosion has rocked the Trans-Niger Pipeline, TNP, at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Vanguard reports.

The affected section of the major pipeline is currently on fire, though the exact cause of the explosion remains unknown at this time.

The explosion reportedly occurred on Monday night along the critical export pipeline that transports crude to the Bonny Terminal.

Thick black smoke was seen billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove from a video that emerged on Tuesday morning.

Authorities were yet to determine whether the incident resulted from human interference, especially amid recent threats by militant groups to attack oil installations in response to the federal government’s withholding of Rivers State’s monthly allocations due to the ongoing political crisis in the state.

The TNP is a federal transport line that supplies oil to the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.

When contacted, the Rivers State Police Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she did not have the full details of the incident yet.