At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Nigerian state of Adamawa, police say.
A bomber struck inside a mosque packed with worshippers during morning prayers in the town of Mubi.
Witness Abubakar Sule told AFP news agency that it appeared the bomber was part of the congregation.
No-one has said they were behind the bombing but the Islamist militants Boko Haram typically target crowded places in northern Nigeria.
Some 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram`s eight-year insurgency.
The BBC`s Ishaq Khalid reports that Boko Haram militants have recently stepped up suicide bombings in Nigeria`s north-east after the military recaptured territories previously controlled by the group.
At least 45 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the same state last December.
In that attack two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in a busy market.
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