Confirmed reports said a bomb blast occurred at the University of Maiduguri in the early hours of today as students were preparing to write their first semester exams..More details shortly.

FLASH: A bomb explosion has occurred at the mosque of the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria’s northeast, many feared killed

A bomb explosion has occurred in a mosque at the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern state of Borno. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that an explosion rocked the university during early morning while some students and staff of the university were observing prayer at 6:30 am. Security forces have been mobilized to the scene of the attack. Our sources said several persons have been killed, but there is no official confirmation of casualties.

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