Nigeria Bomb blast again in Taraba Adamawa State, 5 killed

The bomb blast which occurred at the early hours of Monday,in Jalingo Taraba state, according to eye witness report said, two motorcycle-riding suicide bombers drove into a convoy carrying a top police official, detonating their explosives and killing at least five people. The attack targeted police commissioner Mamman Sule who was being driven in a convoy toward his offices, near the governor's office in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, said police spokesman Ibiang Mbaseki. The bombers missed injuring Sule, but the explosives caused massive damage at a roadside market and blew out the glass windows of the nearby state Ministry of Finance building, witnesses said.

The commissioner "was the prime target," Mbaseki said.

Vatican condemns christians attacks in Kenya and Nigeria

The Vatican condemned what it called “terrorist” attacks on Christians in Kenya and Nigeria on Sunday which claimed around 20 lives and called for restraint against a cycle of violence.
“The new terrorist attacks in Kenya and Nigeria at Christian celebrations are horrible and despicable acts,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.

Church attack in Nairobi Kenya

At least one person has been killed and 10 wounded in a suspected grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police have said.

The attack targeted the God House of Miracle Church, in Ngara neighbourhood.
There has been a string of small arms attacks and explosions in Kenya since Kenyan troops crossed the Somali border.
Kenyan police have blamed previous attacks on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab Islamists.
However, no-one has yet said they carried out the blast.

UPDATED: Two Professors, and many killed in Nigeria church attack Kano

Twenty persons were killed yesterday, including two university professors with several others injured when gunmen armed with bombs attacked St Stephen Catholic Chaplain, Bayero University, Kano. The attack occurred at Theatre Two, near Sports Complex, at the old Campus of the institution as Christian worshippers were holding Sunday services. Vanguard gathered that two professors, one identified as Prof. Ayodele of the Chemistry Department and Andrew Leo of the Library Department, were among the dead. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Zaharadeen, confirmed the death of the professors.

Bomb blast in Nigeria's Bayero university in Kano

At least 15 people have been killed in a gun and bomb attack at a university in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, witnesses and police said.

Bodies were lying around Bayero University campus where Christian worshippers were holding a service.
A bomb squad and military units are searching for the gunmen.
No group has said it launched the attack, but the violent Islamist Boko Haram group is active in Kano. It has recently attacked churches.

Nigeria thursday bomb blast suspect held

At least six people have been killed in explosions at two offices of a major Nigerian newspaper, witnesses say.

Three people were killed in a blast in Abuja, with another three killed at the paper's offices in the northern city of Kaduna.
Witnesses say at least one was a suicide bombing, but officials have not confirmed this.
No-one has said it carried out the blasts although the Islamist group Boko Haram has staged similar attacks.
The blasts at the offices of ThisDay newspaper, a leading daily, happened around 11:30 GMT.
Several witnesses, including the chairman of ThisDay's editorial board, said the blast in the capital was the result of a suicide attack.
"The suicide bomber came in a jeep," Olusegun Adeniyi told reporters at the scene in Abuja.
"[Security guards] opened the gate for them. The guy drove in through the gate and rammed into the building and exploded," Mr Adeniyi said.

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The guy drove in through the gate and rammed into the building and exploded”

Olusegun Adeniyi ThisDay's editorial board chairman

However, a spokesperson for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency earlier said the Abuja blast appeared to be caused by a bomb planted inside the building.

Parts of the newspaper's office, including the printing press, have been completely destroyed.
Suspect held The Kaduna explosion happened outside a complex housing a number of newspapers, including ThisDay.
A suspect has been arrested and is thought to be a member of the Boko Haram group, news agency AFP quoted police as saying.
The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Kaduna says that another, smaller explosion occurred in the city just before 16:00 GMT.
Witnesses told our correspondent an explosive device was thrown by the passenger of a motor bike at the junction of a major highway.
Two people were taken to hospital, our correspondent says.
Footage filmed by the Nigerian paper the Daily Trust, showed a scene of confusion in Abuja as people sifted through the rubble while a number of small fires burned.
Police and paramilitary forces cordoned off both offices while emergency workers evacuated the injured and removed the bodies of those who died.
"The ceiling of our building collapsed on to our computers because of the force of the blast," an Abuja office worker in the building next door to ThisDay told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
A ThisDay employee, Samson Oliver, was dozing after a night shift when the blast occurred: "When I woke up with shock and fear, I saw everywhere was so dark, something like smoke everywhere, and I ran out and saw that it was a bomb explosion."
Boko Haram - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - wants to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and has launched a series of deadly attacks across the country, including the capital, in the past 19 months.
Last month the group warned journalists not to misrepresent its views.
SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17856362

Five Boko Haram Members Killed By ‘Own Bombs’

Five suspected Islamist militants were killed when bombs they were assembling exploded during a shootout with government troops in northern Nigeria, a military commander said Monday.
"I can confirm that five suspected members of Boko Haram were on Saturday night blown to pieces by Improvised Explosive Devices," they were assembling, Colonel Victor Ebhaleme told AFP news agency.
Ebhaleme said the bombs were being assembled for attacks planned for the flashpoint city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of an increasingly bloody insurgency that has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009.
He said the joint military task force deployed to the region to stem the violence had surrounded the hideout and "engaged the suspects in a shootout".
Ebhaleme said the insurgents had thrown a bomb at the soldiers when the other bombs inside the house went off "killing the five suspects and destroying the house".

South Sudan border town Bentiu bombed

Several bombs have been dropped on the South Sudanese border town of Bentiu, amid fears of all-out war with Sudan.

International journalists saw at least two bombs land and a huge plume of smoke rising from a market, where they saw the body of a young boy.
A top South Sudanese military official described the bombing as a "serious escalation" and a "provocation".
It follows weeks of clashes along the border between South Sudan and its northern neighbour.
There was no immediate comment from Sudan's military, but it has always denied carrying out aerial bombardments on South Sudan in the past.
On Sunday, both countries confirmed there was ground fighting in the disputed border region.
Those clashes took place south of Heglig, the oil field which has been at the centre of the recent crisis.
Nearly two weeks ago South Sudanese troops seized control, inflicting a serious military and economic blow to Sudan.
On Friday, the South said it was withdrawing its soldiers following intense international pressure, although Sudan said it had forced them out.
Access to the disputed border region around Heglig is limited, making it difficult to verify what is happening in the area.
The BBC's James Copnall, who is in Bentiu, says it had been hoped that the withdrawal from Heglig would reduce tension but the latest fighting, and aerial bombardments, make it clear this has not happened.
The air raid's main target seems to have been the bridge which provides access to the nearby border region, he says.
The local state governor told the BBC that, as well as the death of the young boy, three people had been critically wounded when a bomb fell on the market.
Our correspondent says South Sudan is building up its troops near the border, and is assuming that Sudan is doing the same.
US President Barack Obama last week called on both sides to defuse the situation.
South Sudan seceded last July as part of a peace deal following two decades of war, which left some 1.5 million people dead.

Kaduna Bomb Explosion On Easter

On Easter Sunday, an estimated 38 were killed when a massive car bomb exploded near a church in Kaduna.

Somalia market bombing kills 12

At least 12 people have been killed and more than 30 badly injured by a bombing in the central Somali town of Baidoa.
The governor of the Bay region, Abdifitah Mohamed Gesey, told the BBC that most of the casualties were women and children. Mr Gesey said the bomb was planted in a small basket and hidden in a busy market in the centre of town. It is the worst attack in Baidoa since Ethiopian troops took control from the Islamist group, al-Shabab, in February. Witnesses said the bomb went off shortly after Somali government troops had arrived in the market.
"This was a disaster," Adan Hassan, a witness told the AFP news agency. "I saw [the] bodies of at least nine civilians, most of them women. The explosion occurred as people were shopping."
A spokesman for al-Shabab's military operations said it was behind for the blast. "We targeted the Ethiopian and the Somali troops. About three of them died," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab told the Reuters news agency. In February al-Shabab merged with al-Qaeda, and still controls much of the south of the country. Peacekeepers It is the second bomb attack in Somalia in less than a week. On Wednesday, eight people were killed in a suicide attack on the national theatre in the capital, Mogadishu.
Last week, African Union peacekeepers for the first time deployed to Baidoa, which is on a strategically important route. Baidoa, which is 250km (155 miles) north-west of Mogadishu, had been one of the most important al-Shabab bases. The town had, until they took control three years ago, been the seat of Somalia's transitional government. Al-Shabab said it had withdrawn its forces as part of a "tactical retreat" and threatened to start a guerrilla war in response.
SOURCE: BBC AFRICA