The Christmas morning bomb shook the Nigerian church as worshippers were filing out after mass. Some of those caught in the blast ran towards a priest with dying pleas for blessings.

The PDP says that Nigeria can never advance as a democratic nation in an atmosphere of insecurity, violence and anarchy.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, on Sunday at Imolisa village, Ogun, expressed concern over what he described as the lack of unity among Muslims in the country.

Labour leaders have decried the spate of bombing in parts of the country on Christmas Day. They also urged the government to fish out the perpetrators.

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has expressed deep concern over the escalation of violence in major cities in north-east Nigeria, including Damaturu, Potiskum and Maiduguri, respectively in Yobe and Borno States .

A bomb blast claimed by Islamists at a church outside the Nigeria capital on Christmas Day has killed at least 35, an emergency official said, raising the nationwide toll from a wave of attacks to 40.

Some of the victims of the deadly Christmas Day bomb blasts at Madalla, Suleja, Vanguard can authoritatively say, have been taken to the National Hospital in Abuja.

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the blasts at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State; Jos, Plateau State; and Damaturu, Yobe State, saying the bombing of innocent citizens on a day millions of people all over the World are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is a dastardly act that must attract the rebuke of all peace-loving Nigerians.

A yet to be identified suicide bomber, Sunday, attacked the Yobe State Command Headquarters of the Department of State Security Services, SSS, Damaturu, resulting to an instant death of three personnel.