Fire guts Kaduna Airport control tower

Fire has engulfed the control tower of the Kaduna Airport, severely damaging it.

Witnesses said fire started briefly after 3pm Easter Sunday and was not put out until the control tower was razed down.

“As I am talking to you now, fired has razed down the control tower,” a witness at the scene said.

                     
Yakubu Dati, spokesperson of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, was not available for comments.

The cause of the fire was not known.

Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for Nyanya bombing in new video

                                       

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at least 75 people via a video message.
“We are the ones that carried out the attack in Abuja,” Shekau said in the 28-minute video, referring to the deadliest attack ever in Nigeria’s capital which targeted Nyanya bus station packed with morning commuters.