Arrests made over Nigerian bombings that have killed at least 166 people

January 23, 2012
NIGERIAN President Goodluck Jonathan has said that arrests have been made over a wave of attacks in the city of Kano that killed at least 166 people and vowed to hunt down the backers of Islamist group Boko Haram.

"Some arrests have been made. Some died in the process. Some were suicide bombers," Mr Jonathan said in a BBC interview during a visit to Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north.

"There must be people who are sponsoring them. Terrorists all over the world have their source of income," said Mr Jonathan, whose visit came two days after the coordinated bombings and gunbattles rocked Kano after Friday prayers.

Mr Jonathan is battling with the worst crisis of his rule as the sectarian violence has raised fears of an all-out civil war in Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer. the rest

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