Abule Egba

Abule Egba

Abule Egba is a neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria.cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/26/nigeria.blast.ap/index.html | title= 200 dead in Nigeria pipeline blast, Red Cross confirms | publisher=CNN, originally Associated Press |date=2006-12-26 | accessdate=2006-12-26] The neighborhood was the site of a petroleum pipeline explosion, the 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion, which occurred on December 26, 2006.

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