Bomb scare in Abuja over unidentified vehicle parked opposite mosque

FILE PHOTO showing a car bombo found in Kano recently.

A golf car loaded with gas cylinders and Jery cans caused a scare around the vicinity of the Kubwa central mosque in phase 2 site 2 area of the satellite town.

The abandoned vehicle without number plates was parked close to the Kubwa mosques around 7 am this morning, Daily Trust gathered.

According to witnesses many residents and passersby started running afraid that the vehicle is a car bomb.

Eventually the area was cordoned by the police anti bomb squad who were called in by the Imam of the mosques to investigate the mysterious vehicle.

The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, DSP Altine Daniel told Daily Trust no explosive device was found in the area.

She said the vehicle has been towed by the police of the Kubwa Division, noting that the owner of the vehicle might be a cylinder seller and decided to leave the vehicle there after it might have developed a fault.

Also speaking, chief Imam of Kubwa Central mosque Sheikh Abdulmumini Ahmad Khalid, said he alerted the police around 9 am and they immediately responded.

The FCT police spokeswoman DSP Altine...

Jos blasts: family members comb morgues in search of missing loved ones

Jos blasts: family members comb morgues in search of missing loved ones

Many families in Jos today stormed various hospitals in the city in search of family members who had been missing since the twin bomb blasts that led to the death of over 118 people around Terminus main market on Monday.

Daily Trust observed family members going round hospitals with pictures of missing persons.
Mallam Ibrahim Talle told our reporter that they had combed the morgues in Plateau Specialist Hospital and the Bingham Teaching Hospital in search of two of his nephews but none of them had been found.

He said the young men had been trading at the area where the bomb had exploded but was quick to point out that "one of our neighbors who survived the blast said that the two of them were not around when the bomb was set off, yet we can't find them. We have gone to the morgue in various hospitals, we have checked the corpses but we are unable to identify them."

Salamatu Ibrahim also told Daily Trust that her nephew who sells second hand wares around the area had been missing since the blast. According to her,...

Abducted Chibok girls’ father dies

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#BringBackOurGirls protesters at Unity Fountain in Abuja yesterday.

. Protesters march to Aso Rock Villa today

A man who has two daughters among the abducted Chibok students has died, days after finding out that his girls were not in the Boko Haram video released last week.
Mr. Mutai Hona fell ill when he could not see his two daughters in the video, according to his family.
He never recovered since then, and died on Sunday in Chibok, Borno State, family member James Yama said in Maiduguri yesterday.
About 270 schoolgirls were taken on April 14 from the Government Secondary School Chibok by Boko Haram gunmen.
Some 53 of them escaped and returned home in the days after their abduction, but more than 200 others are still in captivity.Last week, Boko Haram released a video showing about 130 of the girls in an unidentified location.
The video was reviewed by parents and other students.....

#BringBackOurGirls protest: Security beefed up around Villa

#BringBackOurGirls protest: Security beefed up around Villa

Security was this morning beefed up around the Presidential Villa, Abuja ahead of a rally by #BringBackOurGirls protesters of the abduction nearly 300 schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State.

The protesters had threatened to storm the State House 3.00pm today to know what President Goodluck Jonathan was doing to secure the girls' release.

As of the time of filing this report around noon,....

Army strikes suspected insurgents camps in Bauchi

Army strikes suspected insurgents camps in Bauchi

The Nigerian Army has bombed suspected insurgents camps located in parts of Bauchi State, local and security sources says.
Residents of Soro in Ganjuwa Local Government Area and Darazo in Darazo Local Government Area  said the bombing started between five to eight o'clock in the morning.
They said that they heard loud sounds of explosives towards the forest where insurgents camps were reportedly located.
Some communities who pleaded anonymity for security reasons said the loud sound and vibration shook the ground and wall buildings of their houses....

BringBackOurGirls: FG officials wear red attire to face protesters

Bring Back Our Girls: FG officials wear red attire to face protesters

Federal government officials are currently is the premises of the Presidential Villa in readiness to face the protesters of the abduction of the schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State.

The officials, including Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim and ministers of FCT, Information, Women Affairs, Housing as well as numerous special advisers to President Goodluck Jonathan, wore red attires with some of them also slanting "Bring...

Jos market bombings Death toll rises to 122

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The National Emergency Management Agency said yesterday four more people had died as a result of the blasts in Jos on Tuesday, bringing the casualty figure to 122 after the 118 earlier announced.

The North Central Zonal Public Relations Officer of NEMA, Mr Yohana Audu, gave the update to Daily Trust last night after the Plateau State government said 75 people died in the blasts.
The Commissioner for Information, Barr Olivia Daziam, who addressed newsmen in Jos, said the government came about its figure after visiting......

Jos Bombing Death Toll Of 118 Expected To Increase

Features, National Wednesday, May 21, 2014

An injured woman is carried to a truck in Jos.

Rescue workers are digging through rubble to search for more victims of twin car bomb blasts that collapsed buildings in a bustling marketplace and bus station in Nigeria's central city of Jos. According to an emergency official, more than 118 bodies have been recovered and dozens of wounded are in hospitals.

Coordinator Mohammed Abdulsalam of the National Emergency Management Agency said they were waiting for earthmovers to arrive to do the heavy work before they can begin the grisly task.

The search for survivors was halted Tuesday night by raging fires ignited in buildings by the massive blasts, that were heard kilometres away. Firefighters fought through the night to douse the blazes that collapsed buildings, Abdulsalam said.

At least 118 bodies were delivered to hospital morgues after the Tuesday afternoon blasts, and 64 wounded people were hospitalized, he said.

Hundreds of people gathered at hospitals and morgues, in search of missing loved ones.

"We expect to find more bodies in the rubble," Abdulsalam said.

President Goodluck Jonathan indicated that he blames the Boko Haram Islamist militant network for Tuesday's attack, assuring Nigerians the government "remains fully committed to winning the war against terror."

Outrage continues to grow at home and abroad over his government's failure to curb a 5-year-old Islamic uprising that grabbed international attention with the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls who the extremists are threatening to sell into slavery.

No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings in Jos, but Boko Haram has been waging a bombing campaign. The extremists have claimed other recent attacks, including two separate bomb blasts in April that killed more than 120 people and wounded more than 200 in Abuja, the nation's capital. One went off at Abuja's busy bus station and the other nearby.

On Monday, a car bomb at a bus station killed 24 people in the Christian quarter of the northern Muslim city of Kano, where police later defused another massive car bomb.

There was speculation Tuesday's blasts could have been aimed at igniting rivalries between Christians and Muslims in Jos, located on a volatile fault line dividing Nigeria's mainly Muslim north from the predominantly Christian south. Boko Haram wants to impose an Islamic state under strict Shariah law in Nigeria, though half the country's 170 million people are Christians.

The attacks on Monday and Tuesday took place after regional and Western leaders pledged "total war" on the militant group at a weekend summit in Paris.

The insurgency has become ever-deadlier, with more than 2,000 people killed this year compared to an estimated 3,600 between 2010 and 2013.

A rescuer carries away charred remains of a victim.

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46 Killed in Jos Bomb Blasts

At about 2:55pm today, Tuesday, May 2oth, two  bombs exploded in  the central area of Jos, Plateau State killing 46 people.

 Authorities say the death toll will probably rise, as the situation is still being assessed.

The explosions occurred around densely populated areas of Ahmadu Bello Way where the GSM market is located, The Nation reports. The two bombs were hidden inside a truck and a minibus, 

Pres. Jonathan Condemns Jos Bomb Blasts

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau state.

The president reportedly described the perpetrators of the bombing as “cruel and evil” and condemned the “tragic assault on human freedom.”

“Jonathan has directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief efforts in aid of the victims,” Vanguard reports.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, said the president is assuring Nigerians that the government is staying fully committed to winning the war against terror.

Official Statement

Read Mr. Abati’s full statement below.
PRESIDENT JONATHAN CONDEMNS JOS BOMB BLASTS, APPROVES MORE MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan strongly condemns the bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau state, today, describing the perpetrators of this tragic assault on human freedom as cruel and evil. He has also directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief......