The blast tore by a mosque in Maiduguri as worshippers gathered for night prayers, witnesses say.
Printed On 24 Dec 2025
An explosion has ripped by a mosque in northeastern Nigeria as worshippers gathered for his or her night prayers, killing and wounding a number of individuals, in line with media stories.
The blast passed off at about 6pm on Wednesday (17:00 GMT) within the metropolis of Maiduguri in Borno State, the Reuters and AFP information companies reported, citing witnesses.
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Police spokesman Nahum Daso confirmed the explosion and informed AFP that an explosive ordnance group was already on web site on the mosque in Maiduguri’s Gamboru market.
There was no official phrase on casualties.
However mosque chief Malam Abuna Yusuf informed the AFP no less than eight individuals had died, whereas a militia chief, Babakura Kolo, put the determine at seven.
One other witness, Musa Yusha’u, informed AFP that he noticed “many victims being taken away for medical remedy”.
The reason for the blast was not instantly identified, but it surely occurred in a metropolis that has been on the coronary heart of an armed rebel waged by Boko Haram and ISIL’s (ISIS) offshoot within the area, the Islamic State West Africa Province, for practically 20 years.
The battle has killed no less than 40,000 individuals and displaced about two million from their houses since 2009, in line with the United Nations.
Although the violence has waned since its peak a few decade in the past, it has spilt into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
Considerations are additionally rising a few resurgence of violence in elements of the northeast, the place armed teams stay able to mounting lethal assaults regardless of years of sustained navy operations.
Maiduguri itself – as soon as the scene of nightly gun battles and bombings – has been calm lately, with the final main assault recorded in 2021.
