Abuja Blasts

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  2 Blasts on Outskirts of Nigerian Capital Abuja, Official Says

  Two bombs went off on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said, the first such incident in over a year.

• Blast in Northern Nigeria Kills 10: Police

  An explosion in the red light district of northern Nigeria's Bauchi city has killed 10 people and injured 14 others, police said Saturday.

• Nigeria in Darkest Phase of History: President at Bomb Site

  President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday Nigeria had entered one of the darkest phases of its history, visiting the scene of a bomb blast that had killed 21 people in an upmarket district of the capital Abuja two days earlier.

• Fear Grips Nigeria Capital After Attack in City Centre

  A bombing blamed on Boko Haram in the heart of Nigeria's capital raised fears on Thursday of a worsening Islamist insurgency, with the security forces struggling to prevent attacks in remote villages and near the seat of government.

• At least 21 Killed in Rush-Hour Blast in Nigerian Capital

  At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, a police spokesman said.

• Blast Rocks Shopping Centre in Nigeria Capital: Rescue Agency

  A loud explosion hit a crowded shopping centre on Wednesday in Nigeria's capital Abuja, which has been repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, the national rescue agency said.

• Toll From Nigeria Capital Bombing Rises to 18 Dead, 80 Wounded

  A car bombing at a bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital killed at least 18 people and injured 80, an official said on Friday, just weeks after Boko Haram Islamists attacked the same spot.

• Bomb Kills at Least 16 Near Site of Abuja's Deadliest Attack

  A car bombing at a bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital killed at least 16 people on Thursday, just weeks after a deadly attack hit the same spot.

• 71 killed, 124 injured in blasts at Nigeria bus station: police

  Twin blasts on Monday at a bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital crammed with morning commuters killed 71 people and injured 124 others, police said.

• Blast hits bus park near Nigeria capital, at least 20 dead

  A blast at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja killed at least 20 people during rush hour on Monday morning, witnesses said.

• Newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria; 6 killed

  Bomb blasts targeting newspaper offices in Nigeria's capital Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna on Thursday killed at least six people in the first such attacks targeting the country's news media.