Boko Haram militants killed over 23 civilians on Thursday in a series of suicide bombs and roads side blasts reports Reuters.
A suicide bomber at a bus station killed at least 17 people, whilst two road side bombs killed a further 6 people, a military source told local press.
The latest attacks come as Nigerian military recaptured a town seized b Boko Haram earlier this month.
The Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday visit the recaptured town of Baga and vowed to provide “equipment and logistics to complete the mission to reassert government’s effective control over areas formerly held by Boko Haram.”
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