Abuja blast: New Telegraph Managing Editor among the dead

The Managing Editor (North) of New Telegraph newspaper, Suleiman Bisalla, is among the 21 persons that died in Wednesday’s bomb blast in Abuja.
Bisalla, who left Daily Trust newspaper to join New Telegraph early this year, was close to Emab Plaza when the blast occurred.
The development was confirmed to The Eagle Online by the Saturday Editor of the New Telegraph, Emeka Madunagu.
Madunagu described the development via a Blackberry message as “sad”.
The police on Wednesday confirmed 21 persons dead and 17 injured.