Smoke rises from the scene of the deadly market blasts in Jos.Twitter / @ayRiley / Ayomikun
Two explosions have rocked a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the capital of Plateau State, leaving at least 10 dead.
A spokesman for the state governor confirmed there had been two blasts.
Jos which has been targeted by Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram in the past and lies on the fault-line which divides Nigeria's largely Muslim north from its mainly Christian south.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blasts but Boko Haram has continued to wage war on central and northern Nigerian cities as it seeks to establish an Islamic state within the country.
The northeast of Nigeria where Boko Haram's insurgency has been focused.Google Maps
Over 1,000 people have been killed in attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram this year alone. This week, a suicide car bomb killed five people in the northern city of Kano.
The group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month in the village of Chibok, bringing global attention to the west African nation's fight against terrorism.
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