Fresh explosion rocks Maiduguri, many killed

The relative peace enjoyed by people living in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital was Tuesday disrupted by a deadly bomb blast which rocked the Post Office General area killing no fewer than ten people, while several others sustained injuries.

Also shops, vehicles and tricycles close to the scene were engulfed in flames.

The incident which took place at about 1:30pm opposite a military post has been deserted by civilians with only security agencies on the ground to evacuate the charred remains of victims including the injured to the State Specialists Hospital located some few metres away from where the blast occurred.

The area which is always busy with traffic gridlock as a result of the popular GSM market (Kasuwan Jagol in hausa) erupted in pandemonium when the blast occurred as people and traders scampered for safety.

'In 2014 we will kill more, because Allah says we should decapitate,amputate, mutilate' - Boko Haram

The leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video, promising to “decapitate and mutilate” more people in the name of Allah and ridiculing the United States for putting a bounty on his head, saying, “You can’t in any way harm me.”


Shekau, who has been dubbed a “global terrorist” by the U.S and twice been declared killed by the Nigerian military, claimed responsibility for a December 20 attack on a tank battalion barracks in

Explosion Rocks Rivers Deputy Governor’s Office

The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day as an improvised explosive device was thrown at the Administrative Block of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, in the early hours of today, causing a minimal damage to the building.


The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.

There has not been any official statement yet but Mr. Godswill Jumbo, the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor confirmed that an incident like that happened, adding that he would issue a statement later.

Sources at the Government House assured that an official statement will be issued after Governor Chibuike Amaechi had inspected the scene.

Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were