BELIEVE

Bauchi State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp parade five persons for allegedly defiling two primary school girls. Two out of the Five suspects arrested were security men of the school. The suspects have confessed to have lured the girls with 50 naira before they were raped.

Another explosion has hit Jos today, an emergency agency said, hours after a car bomb 200 kilometres northwest in Kaduna killed at least 16 people. "NEMA confirms that an hour ago an explosion occurred in Tudun Wada area of Jos. Security personnel moved to the scene as injured are being evacuated," a spokesman for the national emergency management agency (NEMA) said. Recall that a bomb exploded in the northern town of Kaduna after security officers stopped the vehicle carrying it from approaching a church, witnesses and police said. At least 30 people were killed but the final death toll is likely to be higher, an emergency agency spokesman said. No group has claimed responsibility for the Kaduna attack.

At least 38 people were killed in the car bombing attack that ripped through Kaduna state earlier today. Earlier reports stated that the explosion had occurred near the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in the city center.  Several local Okada riders who were in the vicinity were injured, when the explosives packed in an abandoned vehicle, detonated. The injured victims were immediately rushed to local hospitals in the area for treatment. According to reports, the explosion was close to a church where worshippers had gathered for the Easter celebration, but there was reportedly no damage to the church.