A bomb explosion has occurred at Kantin Kwari market Kano this afternoon
Scores are believed to be dead.
Kantin Kwari textile market is rated the largest market in northern Nigeria with thousands of traders from neighbouring West African countries doing business there on daily basis.
Details of the incident as well as casualty rate are still sketchy at this time but the military is said to have raced to the scene, condoning off the area.
The incident is coming less than two weeks after multiple explosions rocked the Kano Central Mosque, killing more than 100 people and injuring hundreds of others.
An explosion had rocked the same market on December 12, 2012, injuring three people.
The state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other top political office holders are in Lagos for the national convention of the All Progressives Congress.