Breaking News: Another Explosion Reported In Kano

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Daily Post are reporting that it was a twin Explosion, one along the new motor park and the second at the new shoprite at Ado Bayero road.
The details of the Kano attack and the number of casualties are unclear. The police spokesperson for Kano State, Magaji Majiya, told PREMIUM TIMES he was on his way to the scene “to find out exactly what happened”.
The Nigerian Police force have confirmed the attack saying that the Explosives where hidden in table top frigde disguised as luggage.
Ike Chuku a trader in Kano state told Reuters by phone that Emergency service was already on hand to evacuate the wounded from the bus park in Sabon-geri, the area is said to have a large population of Christian southerners.

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