The explosion injured 66 people Thursday night, said
Manzo Ezekiel, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency.
The workers were on their way home for the May Day
holiday when the blast occurred.
Ezekiel said it hit about 100 meters from the scene
of an April 14 explosion that killed 71 people.
In that blast, about 130 people were hurt when a
parked vehicle exploded in the Nyanya Motor Park bus station crowded with early
morning commuters.
Boko Haram's leader claimed responsibility for the
April 14 bombing. The Islamist militant group -- whose name means "Western
education is sin" in the local Hausa language -- has bombed schools,
churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and assassinated
politicians and religious leaders.
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