2 attacks in Kaduna kills at least 12

Bauchi — Two attacks in Kaduna killed more than a dozen
people, an official and resident said Thursday, as the death toll
from twin blasts that targeted a prominent politician and sheik
on Wednesday rose.
Five more victims from the bombs in Kaduna died overnight,
bringing the death toll to at least 44, according to Kaduna
State Commissioner for Information Affairs Ben Bako. Former
military leader Muhammadu Buhari and Sheik Dahiru Bauchi
were the intended targets of the blasts, but both escaped
unharmed. Witnesses say dozens more people died than the
government reported.
The bombings were one of four attacks in the past two days,
killing a total of 57 people. No one has claimed responsibility
for the attacks but Boko Haram militants are widely blamed
At a bus station in Kano Thursday, one person was killed and
eight others injured after a bomb exploded out of a discarded
refrigerator, according to Kano State Police Commissioner
Aderenle Shinaba.
"The investigation into the terrorism is ongoing," he said.
In Borno state, one of three northeastern states that have been
under emergency rule for more than a year, 12 people were
killed, including a local traditional leader when gunmen
dressed as soldiers raided a farming village around midnight
Wednesday night, said resident Idrisa Garubula. The traditional
leader Alhaji Ibrahim Dawi was shot in the head and died on
the way to the hospital.
The attack in Borno was in Biu a district bordering Damboa,
where an onslaught of attacks decimated villages and killed
more than 100 people last weekend. Residents said Boko
Haram militants overran some areas, hoisting their flags over
villages. The Nigerian military denies this claim, saying it has
not conceded "one inch" of territory to Boko Haram.
Biu residents fear the chaos is spreading.
"Federal government should do something urgently before the
terrorists take over the area," said Garubula, a farmer from
the Garubula village in Biu, "The terrorists have succeeded in
sending away the people of Damboa and other communities."g