Nigeria suicide attacks toll reaches 45: emergency service

Kano: Two female suicide bombers on Friday killed 45 people and wounded 33 others when they detonated their explosives in a crowded market in Nigeria`s restive northeast, the emergency service said.

The army had earlier put the death toll at 30.

"From our updated records we have 45 dead and 33 injured in the twin suicide bomb explosions in Madagali," said Sa`ad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa state.