Nigeria foiled attacks planned for Eid holiday – state security agency | Reuters
LAGOS Nigeria's state security agency said on Friday it had foiled plans by militants to detonate explosives in four cities in the north of the country during celebrations to mark the Islamic Eid al-Fitre holiday. The Department of State Services (DSS) said the attacks were planned in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna and Maiduguri during the June 26 and 27 public holidays to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. Maiduguri and surrounding parts of the northeastern Borno state have been attacked by suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants in the last few weeks including suicide bombings that killed 12 people on Monday and a raid on June 7 which killed 14
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