'At least 71 dead' in Nigeria bus station bombing
At least 71 people have died and 124 are injured after a bombing at a bus station in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, police said.
Islamic insurgency in Nigeria 'has been escalating'
The director of US charitable institution the MacArthur Foundation's Abuja office has said that it is "no big surprise" that there was a bomb attack on a bus station in Nigeria.
Although there has been no immediate claim of responsibility to the bomb blast, suspicion has fallen on the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Kole Shettima said: "The situation has been escalating. It's a statement that they are still around and they can attack Abuja when they want, and instill fear."
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