Nigerian troops are currently locked in a fierce gun duel with members of the Boko Haram sect who invaded a village in the north-east.
Gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram were on Sunday evening involved in a shoot-out with soldiers in Aladuwari village – about 2 km away from Maiduguri.
The attackers arrived the area at about 6 p.m. local time, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
Also at about 8 p.m., two suicide bombers, believed to be females, detonated explosives near FOMWAN school in Jiddari area of Maiduguri.
The casualty figure from the explosions is yet to be ascertained.