THE death toll from a car bombing at the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters has risen to 23, a UN spokesman said.

The death toll has risen to 23, two days after a car bombing at the United Nations’ Nigeria headquarters, a UN spokesman said.

A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations’ offices in Nigeria’s capital Abuja today, killing at least 16 people and shattering part of the concrete structure.

A Pentagon recommendation has suggested that the US Congress should place all armed contractors operating in combat zones under military control.