Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which is reeling from a wave of attacks that killed at least 160 people last week, said they found eight cars packed with bombs yesterday.

NORTHERN Nigerian Christians said yesterday they feared that a spate of Christmas Day bombings by Islamist militants that killed over two dozen people could lead to a religious war in Africa’s most populous country.

NIGERIA lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said yesterday, after Christmas Day bomb attacks on churches by Islamist militants that killed more than two dozen people.