Prominent Nigerians have said that the Christmas Day’s bomb blast in Madala, which claimed several lives, calls for a national emergency.

Security agencies in Adamawa on Sunday in Yola assured Governor Murtala Nyako of their readiness to ensure peace in the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Abuja described the bombings in the county as a burden Nigerians must live with until it fizzles out.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three of its rescue officers were involved in a motor accident, while conveying some victims of Sunday’s bomb blast in Madalla to the hospital.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three of its rescue officers were involved in a motor accident, while conveying some victims of Sunday’s bomb blast in Madalla to the hospital.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to eschew violence and work towards building bridge of understanding among the various ethnic groups and religious groups in the country.

Three more explosions have been reported in Nigeria, including two on Christmas Day in the city of Damaturu and another targeting a church on Christmas Eve in Gadaka, residents said.

A purported spokesman for Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a Christmas Day explosion near a church outside the Nigerian capital that killed at least 27 people.

A policeman was confirmed killed in a second Christmas Day explosion near a church in Jos, a spokesman for the state governor said, bringing the toll from both explosions to at least 28.

A suspected bomb blast on Christmas Day near a church , at Madalla, Suleja, Niger state has killed at least 27 people, a priest there said, citing the toll provided to him by rescue officials.

An explosion rocked an area near a church on Christmas day in Jos, residents said, after an earlier blast near a church outside the capital Abuja killed at least 15 people.