...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 62122
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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014
BLACK MONDAY IN ABUJA
COLUMNIST: Admitting a mistake, fixing the problem •P.37
Zenith Bank's $500m eurobond over subscribed 9 Abuja blast: Confab delegates want Boko Haram financiers prosecuted 56 zScene of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing in Abuja, yesterday. WARNING: More gory pictures on Pages 14 &15. Photos: Abayomi Adesida & Olugbemiga Olamikan.
100 perish in motor park bombing BY OUR REPORTERS
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•243 injured, 16 luxury buses, 24 other vehicles burnt •Eye-witnesses, survivors recount experiences •We'll defeat Boko Haram, Jonathan vows THE DEAD z27 at Asokoro Hospital z30 at National Hospital z14 at Maitama Hospital z16 at Wuse Hospital
THE INJURED z25 at Asokoro General Hospital z40 at National Hospital z27 at Maitama Hospital z51 at Wuse General Hospital z100 at Nyanya General Hospital
BUJA—‘MUMMY, mummy, don’t let me die’, the agonising cry of a 15-year-old boy, whose legs were shattered and holding on to his mother trailed the deafening bomb explosion reverberating through the Federal Capital City. A woman was lying face down without limbs while another who was surrounded by her children, struggled for life before giving up in their arms. Several other corpses lit-
Anger, condemnations trail Nyanya bomb blast C M Y K
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tered the ground in the midst of the injured, following the massive bomb Continues on page 5
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