More than 118 people were killed in twin car bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos.
The country's relief agency, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), made the revelation, warning that the death toll could rise further.
Mohammed Abdulsalam, co-ordinator for NEMA, said more bodies may be in the debris of buildings, which collapsed due to the intensity of the blasts.
According to news24, the military said that improvised explosive devices were hidden inside a truck and a minibus and went off within 20 minutes of each other.
Chris Olakpe, the police commissioner of Plateau state of which Jos is the capital, said that 46 people were killed and 45 others were injured, the report added.
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