Kaduna Blast: What Really Happened at DICON and Why It Could Happen Again

Kaduna Blast: What Really Happened at DICON and Why It Could Happen Again

It started like any other Saturday. Staff at the DICON (Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria) Ordnance Factory in Kaduna gathered to destroy expired explosives. Waste, they believed, safely stored and scheduled for disposal. But at about 10:00 a.m., something went terribly wrong. A muffled blast, then a deafening roar. Buildings trembled. Lives shattered. A man […]