Suicide car bombers targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper This Day in the capital Abuja and northern city of Kaduna yesterday, killing at least four people in apparently co-ordinated strikes.
This Day is based in southern Nigeria and is broadly supportive of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government – the main target for Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds of people this year in shootings and bombings.
This Day angered Muslims a decade ago when one of its columnists suggested the Prophet Muhammad might have wanted to marry a beauty queen. At least 100 people were killed in ensuing riots.