More than 30 people have been killed
in a suicide attack at a market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola,
officials say.
The blast, heard across the city,
struck a busy vegetable market where traders were closing up on Tuesday.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
visited Yola on Saturday, declaring that the Islamist militant movement Boko
Haram was close to defeat.
Following the attack, Facebook
activated its safety check feature.
This is the first time the feature
has been activated in Nigeria, and follows criticism that it was done after the
Paris attacks but not elsewhere.
Yola has twice been hit by deadly
bomb attacks this year.
The city lies in the north-eastern
state of Adamawa, one of the worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency.
More than 80 people have been taken
to hospital, some with serious injuries, emergency workers say.
Source: BBC
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