Explosion rocks mall in Banex Area of Abuja, Nigeria's capital

An explosion rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and witnesses say at least eight people have been killed.

The bomb, concealed in an Abuja Taxi, went off at Emab shopping center after it was dropped by an okada rider.

Two explosions have rocked the central area of Jos, Plateau State

The explosions, believed to have been caused by an improvised Explosive Device (IED), occurred around the busy Jos Main Market, between railway terminus and the temporary site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital.

The first blast went off at about 3:10pm on Tuesday while the second erupted about 10 metres away 15 minutes later.

Pandemonium is also reported to have ensued with cars colliding as their drivers scampered for safety.

The casualty figure is yet to be confirmed, but scores of people are reported to have died.

Yemeni warplane crashes in capital Sanaa, 11 dead

A Yemeni air force plane crashed in the centre of the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 15, security sources said.
The Ministry of Defense said in a text message that the plane had been on a training flight when it came down in a western residential district.

Pictures of the crash on social media sites showed one body near burning wreckage of the aircraft. Several cars were on fire and debris littered the street. A security official said without elaborating that the pilot had ejected from the plane.
A military official said the aircraft was a Russian SU-22 fighter/ground attack aircraft. Yemen has 30 SU-22 and four SU-22UM3 warplanes in an air force with 79 capable aircraft in all, according to the International Institute of Strategic Studies' 2012 Military Balance reference book.