Multiple bombs detonated in two locations of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, killed at least 18 people, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Saturday.
The explosions on Friday night were in Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite towns of Abuja, agency spokesman Sani Datti said in a statement. No group has claimed responsibility but the attack has attributes of others by Boko Haram, the home-grown Islamic extremist group. Boko Haram extremists have largely been carrying out attacks in country’s northeast but occasionally have attacked other towns.
Violence from Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has killed nearly 20,000 people and displaced 1.4 million from their homes. At least 1,000 people have been killed since President Muhammadu Buhari took office earlier this year with the promise of wiping out the insurgents.