18 killed in Borno suicide blast – witnesses as death toll from Kano bombing rises to 34

Eighteen (18) people were killed in a suicide bombing at a crowded bus station in Biu, northeast Nigeria, on Thursday, adding to this week’s death toll in the restive region.

Civilian vigilante Babagana Kyari said “at least 18 people, including three women, died… and several others were injured,” an account supported by Ali Dauda who lives locally and saw the blast.
The bomber was one of two at the Tashar Gandu motor park on the edge of the town in Borno state. The other was shot dead before he could detonate his explosives, Dauda added

Toll from Kano bombings rises to 34

A twin suicide attack this week at a bus station in Nigeria’s Kano city killed 34 people, a union official said Thursday, giving an updated toll after police said 10 people died.
Boko Haram Islamist militants have not claimed the blasts, but the group has repeatedly targeted Kano, including bus stations, throughout its six-year uprising.
“The victims included 21 passengers in a bus that was about to leave for its destination, three of our members and 10 petty traders,” said Ahmed Saleh, of the National Union ‎of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), who is based at the targeted Kano Line station.
He said workers compiled the new toll after counting the charred remains of victims following Tuesday’s attack.
Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia told AFP that the force’s official toll remained at 10 dead.
Two men blew themselves up shortly after getting off a bus at the station, causing chaos at the station and scattering blood and human flesh around the site.
Nigeria’s is struggling to control Islamist violence ahead of March 28 general elections.
The vote had been scheduled for February 14, but security chiefs pushed for a six-week delay, saying the postponement would provide extra time to weaken Boko Haram before polling day.