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Bomb Blast at Abuja Police Force Headquarters, June 2011

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People at Total filling station, watching smoke from the bomb blast that claimed three lives and destroyed a total of 73 cars at Abuja Police Force Headquarters. see more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram Cautions Civilians

Vanguard, 17 June 2011

THE Boko Haram sect, yesterday, reacted to the statement credited to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Hafiz Ringim, that the days of the sect members were numbered with the… Read more »
Nigeria: Boko Haram - Immigration Beefs up Security at Borders

Vanguard, 17 June 2011

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has said that the service has beefed up security at the border areas to ensure that the orgy of violence perpetrated by the religious sect,… Read more »
Nigeria: History of Bomb Blasts in the Country

Vanguard, 17 June 2011

The history of recent bomb blasts in Nigeria could be traced to 1986, during the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida-led military regime, when Mr. Dele Giwa, the founding Editor-in-Chief of… Read more »
Nigeria: Outrage, Angst Greet Nigeria's First Suicide Bombing

Vanguard, 17 June 2011

IT used to be a story heard from distant lands like Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle-East, United States and Europe, among others. Now, suicide bombing is here with us in… Read more »
Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Blasts Police HQ

Vanguard, 17 June 2011

THE horror and devastation suicide bombers cause in distant lands usually seen on television were brought to Nigeria forcefully, yesterday morning, when a suicide bomber struck at… Read more »

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Nigeria: Security Beefed Up in Abuja

Independent (Lagos), 16 June 2011

Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi, has directed security agencies in Abuja to beef up security in and around Abuja. Read more »
Nigeria: Another Bomb Explosion Kills 4 in Borno - as Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Blast

Vanguard, 16 June 2011

FOUR people were killed while one person was seriously injured in a bomb blast that rocked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state, Thursday afternoon. Read more »
Nigeria: Belgore, Alli Condemn Latest Blast, Proffer Solutions

Independent (Lagos), 16 June 2011

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in Kwara State in the last general elections, Dele Belgore, has said that it is high time perpetrators of bomb blasts in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Bomb Victims' Condition Stable - Medical Expert

Independent (Lagos), 16 June 2011

Head of the Surgery Unit, Asokoro General Hospital, Dr. Sule Ahmed, said the condition of victims of the bomb blasts, which erupted at the Police Headquarters, Abuja, is stable. Read more »
Nigeria: Blame PDP, Says Cross River ACN Chairman

Independent (Lagos), 16 June 2011

Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Cross River State, Cletus Obun, has said that the bombing of the headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Abuja, should be put at the… Read more »

Nigeria: Blasts Hit Police HQ in Abuja

This Day, 16 June 2011

Two people were reported killed in the suspected bomb blasts that rocked the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja Thursday. Read more »
Nigeria: Blast Hits Police Headquarters

RNW Africa, 16 June 2011

A powerful bomb blast struck the Nigerian police headquarters in the capital Abuja on Thursday, the police and emergency services said, but the number of casualties was not… Read more »
Nigeria: Abuja Police Blast - Citizen Reports

Vanguard, 16 June 2011

Below are reports by witnesses of the Abuja Police headquarters' blast. Read more »