19 dead in Nigeria blast

Nigeria: At least 19 people were killed and several others injured following a bomb blast that rocked the bus station, just weeks after a deadly attack hit the same spot. No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack, but suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist group which has killed thousands in a five-year insurgency.

Nigerian security personnel removed the wreckage of a vehicle from the site of a blast at Nyanya bus station in the outskirts of in Abuja on Friday.