Via BBC:
An explosion has hit northern Nigeria’s Yobe state at a venue televising a World Cup football match, residents and security officials say.
The blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT), reports said.
There were reports of casualties being brought into hospitals, but it is not clear if there were any deaths.
Yobe is one of three areas under a state of emergency amid attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants.
“There was an explosion outside a soccer viewing centre here in Damaturu at around 20:15,” Sanusi Ruf’ai, police commissioner for Yobe state, told AFP news agency.
“Our men have deployed to the scene but it’s too early for us to give details.”