A suicide bombing in the north-central Nigerian city of Zaria Tuesday killed at least 25 people and wounded 32, according to officials.
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The blast suspected to have been carried out by terrorist sect, Boko Haram went off at the Government lodge in the area while civil servants were undergoing biometric screening.
The Zaria attack came hours after a suicide bomb attack at a Mosque in Kano on Monday.
The attack in a crowded evangelical Christian church in northeast Nigeria was the latest in a series of attacks linked to the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which earlier swore allegiance to the jihadist organisation Islamic State in the Middle East.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called last week’s attacks “inhuman and barbaric” and pledged that every last “Boko Haram bandit… would be hunted down without mercy and compromise”.
With the latest blast, almost 550 people have been killed since Buhari’s inauguration, according to AFP reporting.
He said it was unclear who the bomber was, but said the attacker detonated explosives in the middle of the crowd.
“The first batch had gone in”.
“There was a huge explosion inside the hall followed by billows of smoke and dust”.
On Twitter, El Rufai said people in the city should be vigilant and avoid crowded places, such as “markets, mosques and churches”, in the next few weeks.
The Governor urged all citizens to report all suspicious persons and movements to the security agencies.
The wave of measures announced by police chief, Solomon Arase, include the banning of street trading and hawking in the capital, Abuja, and increased security at mosques and churches throughout the country.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
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This is coming two days after a twin blast hit the city of Jos in Plateau State, killing over 40 people and leaving several others injured.
