Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » Bomb explosion rocks UN building in Abuja, 16 dead

    Bomb explosion rocks UN building in Abuja, 16 dead

    August 26, 2011
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp

    26 August, 2011, Sweetcrude, Abuja – The UN building in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital was on Friday rocked by a bomb explosion, leaving at least 16b people dead and dozens wounded.

    The bomb blast occurred at about 10.30 am when a suspected suicide bomber drove an SUV into the building.

    Eyewitness said the saw bodies being loaded into ambulance vehicles and taken to the National Hospital in Abuja.

    The huge explosion took out a part of the 1st and 2nd floors of the building located in the diplomatic area, Area 1, Garki, Abuja.

    Rescue personnel from the National Emergency Management Agency, the Red Cross and police, were seen pulling victims out of the rubbles.

    No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources fingered the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.

    Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mrs. Viola Viola President Goodluck Jonathan was very much worried about the icident and described the bombing as an attack on the global community.

    Boko Haram has been carrying out bombing campaigns against Nigeria, demanding a wider application of the sharia Islamic law in the country.

    The group claimed responsibility for the bombing of the headquarters of Nigeria Police in Abuja which killed 11 people last June.

    Related News

    OPEC Fund commits $1bn in new financing for developing nations

    Nigeria stocks record 12.15% return year-to-date

    Proteus ushers in new era of hydrogen fuel cell technology

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy granted new exploration license for Algeria

    June 18, 2025

    OPEC Fund commits $1bn in new financing for developing nations

    June 18, 2025

    ‘Nigeria to export first gasoline cargo to Asia from Dangote Refinery’

    June 18, 2025

    Africa’s nuclear renaissance: World Bank greenlight ignites a new era

    June 18, 2025

    AfDB project restores electricity in Zimbabwean communities

    June 18, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.