Keith McClenaghan, with an address in Moss Park, Shantallow in Derry, was also charged with two counts of possessing home-made explosives with intent to endanger life.
The 39-year-old faces further charges of placing an article causing a bomb hoax at two separate addresses in the city, and four counts of communicating false information causing a bomb hoax. Residents in several properties were evacuated while an area close to the city's police station in Strand Road was among those affected by the disruption.
No link to terrorism or the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in the city on Thursday evening is being suggested.The suspicious objects discovered in both areas were examined by ammunition technical officers who declared them to be non-viable devices. Defence solicitor Patrick Madden told Derry Magistrates' Court that Mr McClenaghan wanted to apologise to the people of the city for causing disruption.He did not make a bail application for his client.