Malam Abubakar Yakubu, the Secretary of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Gombe State branch, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe that members of the Society evacuated 20 identified dead bodies deposited at Gombe Specialist Hospital mortuary
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Suspected members of Boko Haram were believed to have planted the bomb in Dukku Motor Park, Gombe on Monday morning
Shinaba said the explosive was concealed in a bag in the market and that the personnel of the Anti-bomb Squad of the command had successfully diffused it
While the first went off at about 6:30pm, the other happened two minutes late
The police hierarchy in the state could not be reached for confirmation
The explosion occurred on Wednesday at Kantin Kwari market.
It is a textile materials market
This followed the defusing of a bomb said to have been planted near Tin City Primary School in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Thursday by the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Nigeria Police
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Hogan Bassey, in Calabar on Monday
The students were said to have gathered for the routine every morning assembly when the bomb ripped through the school
The students were said to have gathered for the routine everyday morning assembly when the bomb ripped through the school
The police said it would continue to do its best to ensure safety of lives and property of innocent civilians in the state
Majiya said the first incident happened around 10.30am at an NNPC Mega Filling Station in Hotoro on Maiduguri Road, Nasarawa Local Government Area
According to the police, the female suicide bomber struck at 1:40pm at the Trade Fair Complex, Zoo Road, close to Shoprite
At the scene of the first explosion around Murtala Mohammed Square, no fewer than 25 persons were confirmed dead shortly after the blast occurred
The second explosion occurred less than two hours after the first in which no fewer than 25 persons have been confirmed dead
Odunlade said the explosions went off in an area usually populated by APC loyalists.
The police on Saturday confirmed the development, saying 10 died, while 14 others were wounded
The Commissioner of Police, Aderenle Shinaba, said the explosives were discovered at about 1.30pm in a rickety car parked near a Friday Mosque
A tanker owner, who simply identified himself as Henric, said: “Anybody who told you anything different from the fact that a bomb was inside the Sienna car is lying to you”
The bomb went off in the heart of the capital city at Banex Plaza iin Wuse 2
The explosion occurred at about 2:05pm on Monday