Audio By Carbonatix
A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and injured several others at a fish market on Friday night in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, police said on Saturday.
Borno state police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement that a woman with an improvised explosive device strapped to her body, infiltrated a crowd at the fish market before detonating it among civilians.
Daso said those injured were taken to hospital.
Local residents said at least 30 people were injured.
Borno state is the heartland of an insurgency - primarily driven by the Islamist armed group Boko Haram - that has been raging for the past 16 years, killing thousands and displacing at least 2 million people, according to aid agencies.
Latest Stories
-
Journalism must be a tool for development, not destruction — Sports Minister to AIPS
22 minutes -
Why the State must appeal Agradaa’s sentence reduction – Prof. Asare lists 5 reasons
1 hour -
Interior Ministry urges honest self-assessment, strategic alignment at 2025 performance review workshop
2 hours -
InfoAnalytics predicts victory for Hajia Amina in Ayawaso East NDC Primary
2 hours -
Awakening road safety consciousness: Why passengers must be searched before boarding buses in Ghana
2 hours -
She Captures Humanity: A Humanitarian photography and social impact initiative
2 hours -
Ghanaian Swimming prodigy Yamin Amankwah Boamah sets 10 new PBs
2 hours -
Superstition Meets Real Harm: Witchcraft accusations, social injustice and weak protections in Northern Ghana
3 hours -
Nkrumahism, Mahama, and Africa’s unfinished cultural liberation
3 hours -
Group withdraws petition against unlicensed GoldBod actor, cites court proceedings
3 hours -
Threads of state: When cotton started a diplomatic incident
4 hours -
Dozens of MPs don smocks in cultural solidarity amid Ghana-Zambia ‘fugu’ controversy
4 hours -
AMA reclaims abandoned Alajo–Avenor open space in Accra; unveils green, beautification agenda
4 hours -
Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
4 hours -
KCCR lecture presents new frontiers in snakebite treatment and care
4 hours