55 now confirmed dead from today's bomb blast in Maiduguri

No fewer than 55 persons have been confirmed dead while 42 injured in the bomb blast that rocked the Maiduguri Monday Market along Ahmadu Bello way in Borno state this afternoon.

According to reports, the 42 injured persons are currently receiving treatment in various medical centers in the city. Only last weekend, the city was rocked with three suicide bomb attacks that left 54 people dead.