BREAKING! Bomb Blast Hits Petrol Station In Kano As Governor Contests APC Primaries

An explosion has gone off at one of the busiest locations in Kano, residents and security officials have told PREMIUM TIMES. Kantin Kwari textile market is rated the largest market in northern Nigeria, with thousands of traders from all over Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries doing business there on daily basis.

The blast occurred at a place known as “filling parking” at the Kano Kantin Kwari market.
Details of casualty are still sketchy at this time but the military has rushed to the scene, and condoning off the area.

Bomb Blast At Secondary School in Yobe Kills 47 Students, With Many Injured

A bomb blast this morning in Nigeria has claimed the lives of about 47 children and injured several at the Government Science Technical College, Potiskum, Yobe State. AP reported that most of the bodies taken to the hospital were between the ages of 11 and 20, according to a morgue attendant.

Kaduna Bomb Blasts - Man Dressed As A Woman Arrested As Mastermind

The person arrested as the key planner of the twin bomb blasts in Kaduna that targeted General Buhari and a Muslim Sheik on their way to Eid prayers was a man disguised in a female dress.

Who else thinks this is just an innocent bystander? Probably a beggar who hopes to make more alms by passing himself as a woman?

Okechukwu Ofili wrote an article - on how the security services in Nigeria operate when they arrest suspects of crimes committed in the country -  titled, "The #Nigeria Na You Do Am Criminal Investigation Strategy";

But the problem is this…nobody really knows why he is a suspect. No CCTV footage, no forensic evidence, nothing

I can't help but think this is a perfect example. See more pictures below...

Obituary - Suleiman Bisalla, New Telegraph’s Managing Editor, Dies in Abuja Bomb Blast

The Managing Editor (North) of the New Telegraph Newspaper, Alhaji Suleiman Bisalla, is among the 21 persons confirmed dead in Wednesday’s bomb blast at the EMAB plaza in Abuja. He was 46 years old.

Bisalla left the Abuja office of the New Telegraph newspaper at about 3.30pm Wednesday for the EMAB plaza to go and fix his phone, where he met his untimely death.

Bisalla’s corpse has been deposited at the Maitama General Hospital, where he and others killed in the blast were taken to. Bisalla’s younger brother, Mohammed, who was the only person allowed into the hospital among many that trooped to the hospital, confirmed the death.

Abuja Resident Narrates Eye Witness Account of Abuja Bomb Blast at EMAB Plaza

An Abuja resident who had a friend as an eyewitness at the scene of the EMAB Plaza bomb blast narrated her account of the fatal explosions on Twitter. Tweeting from the handle @LuchyLuccious, she explained that there were several fortunate incidents that meant that less people lost their lives. She said;

“The bomb blast was from a Red Volkswagen Golf. Driver and passenger parked between Banex and Emab, ran out and moments later, explosion occurred.
“Met this guy that helped pack bodies. According to him the car with the bomb couldn’t get into the plaza, because a learner blocked the entrance of the plaza. The driver of the said vehicle parked at the exit and took off in a waiting power bike.”

Read her tweets in the storify below;

[Photos] Bomb Blast Hits Abuja Shopping Malls - EMAB and BANEX Plaza

Up to 5 people are feared dead as explosions hit the two most popular shopping malls in Abuja. EMAB and Banex Plaza situated side by side in Wuse 2, are the commercial nerve center of the city and host hundred of shops and thousands of people pass through them daily. I lived in Abuja for several years and it is scary how many times I went there, especially after I became a bank officer.

A Vanguard reporter on the scene said,

"I can see human parts and some bodies scattered on the ground but we are too scared to get closer for fear of another bomb. Many traders and visitors to the mall are still trapped in the burning building."

How To Recognize a Potential Suicide Bomber - Nigerian Police

Police Force PRO, Frank Mba has stated easy ways Nigerians can identify a suicide bomber if they spot one. He described the way they move, their reactions, how they try to avoid eye contacts with people around and lots more. Below is an excerpt fgrom part one of the blog;

Bomb Blasts in Kano and Jos, Armed Attacks, Missing Schoolgirls - Which Way Nigeria?

Two bombs went off in Jos yesterday afternoon, both exploded at the Jos Main Market, a densely populated area and the commercial hub of the city. The first explosion is said to have gone off and the second blast went off 30 minutes later, killing many of those who had rushed to the scene to help rescue victims of the first bomb blast.

Aftermath of May Day Bomb Blast in Nyanya - 19 Dead and More Injured

The news yesterday of another bomb blast in Abuja near the same spot in Nyanya where another blast killed over seventy people two weeks ago really saddened me. The Nigerian police have now confirmed that 19 people were killed in yesterday's blast, with other seventy injured, 66 hospitalized. When will this extreme violence and insecurity end?

71 Killed and 124 Injured in Abuja Bombing - President Jonathan Visits

This is just so sad! Security agencies have confirmed that 71 persons have so far lost their lives in the bomb explosion that occurred at a motor park in Nyanya, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday.

#AbujaBombBlast - Dozens Feared Dead as Explosion Rocks Nyanya Motor Park

Two explosions at the Nyanya Motor Park on the outskirts of Abuja April 14 has killed dozens of people with many more injured.

Manhunt Over in Boston Marathon Bombings

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Earlier this evening, the Police captured Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after his brother was killed in a shooutout last night. The news broke as we had dinner and I let a huge weight off. The prospect of terror attacks is not an easy one, and it's not easier knowing America may have even more enemies that we had previously known. But it is a relief that at least one of the suspects was captured alive to yield some information and also face the family of those he and his brother killed. According to USAToday;

Police arrested the 19-year-old at about 8:45 p.m., after finding him holed up in a covered boat stored in the backyard of a Watertown residence. He was led to an ambulance and driven to a hospital, where he is listed in serious condition.
Tsarnaev's capture came two hours after Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ended a Boston-area lockdown after a massive, day-long search of suburban Watertown, which seemingly failed to flush out the teenager.
Dozens of bystanders cheered and applauded as police left the scene.

Kano Bus Station Bomb Blast: Death Toll Rises

When I saw the news of the Kano bomb blast yesterday on some blogs, I didn't want to read it, it was beginning to look like bomb blasts were a daily affair in Nigeria. And it's just too depressing to see all the bloody pictures that come with such news. But I've not been able to escape it today as it made international news and the death toll has continued to rise, some are saying up to 50 or more.

I guess we should never become numb to these incidents, maybe that is what the terrorists want. I honestly don't know what future Nigeria as a country has with bombs raining mass death almost on a weekly basis, especially when it appears, like in this case, that there is an ethnic bias to the killings.

Supposedly the government through JTF and even with amnesty and peace talks are on it, but the results are definitely not people have been hoping for. I will sound selfish if I say that my biggest fear is that it gets down south, or that it affect my friends and family, but that is the truth. But whether in the north or south, I wish this mindless violence would stop. And it's not like the south is totally trouble free, kidnappings are on the increase, and some end in the victim's death.

May the souls of those lost in all the violence rest in peace.