they should be arested and hang!

Have the "bombs" gone off yet?

It seems they have gone off
Any other updates?

Make dem send millitary men go meet doz 'MEND' and gun all of doz bas-tards down jare !!!

hello house,d bomb has gone off already near d eagle square,many casualties involved

Now we got niggas in Nigeria toooo. lol happy independence .

They should blow up their thieving governors and conniving elders first before we start taking them seriously. Idiots.

My brothers are doing great i love this, infact bomb Abj as a whole but pls dont come to Maitama

There was really a bomb blast at the Eagle square, but I don't think there was any casualty

MEND no doubt has lost relevance in THEIR latent quest for nothing else,  rather than oil bunkering to fill their local and foreign accounts with hard-cold-dollars  once they are broke they issue out threats to get some cash and attentions.
MEND ,if u really want to bomb don't warn. just BLOW UP like real terrorists do. there was no warning before 9/11 in da USA, WHY WARNING IN 10/01 in NIG?

the bomb has gone off. it was reported on channels as breaking news. 5 people ve been reported killed and at least 3 vehicles blown apart. this has just been repoted by ait. they say the explosion took place at bayelsa house.

BBC news just confirmed that 7 people died from the blast, is this true?

More confirmations from AIT

our govt should better sit up b4 tis country is turned to a lawless society, d bomb(s) have already gone of killing innocent souls, LHM

Nigeria independence celebration marred by blasts
breaking news

At least seven people have been killed in blasts in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, marring celebrations to mark 50 years since independence from the UK.

Two cars exploded outside the justice ministry after an earlier threat by oil militants to target the festivities.

The explosions were not heard at Eagle Square, where President Goodluck Jonathan was inspecting a guard of honour at the time.

Nigeria is a major oil producer yet most of the population live in poverty.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), a militant group in the oil-rich south, issued a threat on Friday morning saying it intended to bomb the event.

If Mend are responsible for the blasts, it would be the first time that the group has targeted the capital.

Eyewitnesses say emergency workers are at the scene, moving bodies into vehicles.

"There are seven bodies, including a senior police officer," a police source told AFP news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11453668

It has happened. 11 people confirmed dead.

over to beaf and ibime

lets see how many of the arguments trotted out during their last act of terrorism in delta will be applied here

lets also see how gej will play this out

do MEND think acts like these will garner them international support?

someone should please if there was truely a bomb that went off

CNN has reported 7 people death already.

Na wa for this MEND people wetin they want again after they don settle them.

i have always believed that Nigeria is not headed towards failed state status, but now i'm not so sure

boko haram
kidnappers
mend
well armed armed robbers

it seems every corner of nigeria has its own army of thugs that the govt cannot control

scopusng:

CNN has reported 7 people death already.

Aljazeera are saying 13,

scopusng:

CNN has reported 7 people death already.

Never belief what CNN says. Those pple are lairs.

Nigerian Politicians are roques and Armed robbers but you don't kill innocent people in the name of fighting for rights .MEND has gone over board here. JEG should act with an Iron fist.

It has happened. CNN just showed it. 7 dead , 5 injured. The government claims it could be an accident.

Na to make Noise. Mend fit fight?

It's no longer a threat but a FACT. Thread should be renamed. Shameful. When I was thinking that a day celebrating mediocrity couldn't get any worse. . .

Na wa for this guys oh,

By the way, MEND Leader Henry Okah's house in South Africa was ransacked by 40 policemen yesterday. It was said that the South African authorities acted based on orders from Nigeria that He owns weapons @ home. After the search no weapons found. Visit
www.saharareporters.com

lol nta and ait them havent reported this yet.