Bomb Scare at Nigeria's National Assembly

Security agents asked lawmakers and other staffers to leave the sprawling complex in central Abuja after reports that explosives had been planted in the building.
  • Nigeria:   Bomb Scare At NASS

    Vanguard, 16 April 2014

    BARELY 24 hours after the Nyanya bomb blast, there was pandemonium, yesterday, at the National Assembly as staff abandoned their duty-posts as early as 1.30p.m. to avoid being… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Bomb Scare At NASS, Federal Secretariat in Abuja

    Leadership, 16 April 2014

    Barely a day after the bomb blast at the Nyanya Motor Park that claimed many lives, workers at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, yesterday abandoned their offices at about 3:30pm… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Bomb Scare in National Assembly

    This Day, 16 April 2014

    The National Assembly complex was thrown into pandemonium yesterday following a bomb scare, which came against the backdrop of the terrorist attack on the Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   National Assembly Evacuated Over Bomb Scare

    Premium Times, 15 April 2014

    Nigerian authorities ordered an immediate evacuation of the National Assembly Tuesday a day after a massive car bomb killed at least 71 people and wounded 124 more at a car station… Read more »

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  • Nigeria:   Bomb Scare Hits National Assembly

    Daily Trust, 15 April 2014

    A pandemonium broke out at the National Assembly on today after rumours of an undetonated explosive device forced workers, banks and other offices to close shop an rushe out of the… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Bomb Scare At National Assembly

    Leadership, 15 April 2014

    Legislators and civil servants on Tuesday afternoon vacated the National Assembly Complex in Abuja following a bomb scare around the complex. Read more »

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