Eight killed by Nigeria Independence day bombs

Come watch the Nigerian Independence Parade we have many many floats to see , There will be clowns and monkeys too ! Oh and a Big surprise we will be having a secret Militant bombing , Nobody knows for sure which float it will be or even if it will be a float ! It is up to you to Find out ! The suspense adds to all the Fun !


(Reuters) - Car bomb explosions killed eight people and injured three near a parade in Nigeria's capital on Friday marking the 50th anniversary of independence, police said.

Two blasts, which also destroyed three cars, came an hour after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Nigeria's biggest rebel militia, warned it had planted several bombs and told people to evacuate the area.

A Reuters cameraman said security forces and firemen in the capital, Abuja, had been dousing a fire in a car after the first explosion when a second blast hit, about 1 km (half a mile) from the parade ground where hundreds of Nigerian and foreign dignitaries sat.

"Two car bombs exploded and eight people are confirmed dead," Abuja police spokesman Jimoh Moshood told Reuters.