[Al Jazeera] Authorities in Nigeria have said that three separate bomb kabooms in the country's northeast have killed at least 25 people and maimed many others.The attack on Sunday targeted outdoor beer gardens in the city of Maiduguri.
Authorities have accused the Islamist group Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or
Big Louie...
of being behind the attacks.
The group is believed to be behind a number of attacks that killed more than a dozen people in the country's north this month.
Reporting from Lagos, Al Jizz's Yvonne Ndege said, "A resident that we were able to get in touch with on the ground told Al Jizz that they could hear the loud kabooms and screams, cries of terror from people caught up in the chaos."
Quashing Boko Haram has now become a major priority for the government in Nigeria.
"There have been a series of meetings over the last week between Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan
... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
, and key security chiefs in Nigeria to figure out a strategy how exactly to get rid of Boko Haram," our correspondent said.
| Follow them home from a raid, then make sure they can't cause any more trouble. The details are left as an exercise for the student. |