Seven people were killed and 26 were wounded when two Nigerian newspaper offices were attacked by bombers yesterday (26 April).
A radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram, claimed responsibility for the attacks on Nigeria's major daily, ThisDay, in Abuja, and its office in Kaduna, which it shares with two other titles, The Moment and the Daily Sun.
In Abuja, a suicide bomber rammed his car through the gates and drove into the paper's reception area before setting off the explosion. Three people were killed and the blast caused extensive damage.
In Kaduna, a car loaded with explosives killed four people. The driver was arrested. Another bomb later exploded on the city' outskirts.
Boko Haram issued a statement admitting culpability and threatened to renew attacks on the media for allegedly inaccurate coverage.
The group is blamed for killing more than 440 people this year alone in a war against Nigeria's central government.
The president, Goodluck Jonathan, condemned the "wicked" attack and said his government will "continue to uphold the constitutional right to freedom of expression in general and press freedom in particular."
Mohammed Garba, president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, said: "Journalists are not safe."
