The News Agency of Nigeria says a bomb blast occurred at about 5:45 pm Sunday at the popular Azare market, Azare Town, Bauchi .
Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Lawal Shehu, who confirmed the incident says casualty figure can not yet to be ascertained.
Rescue operation is ongoing.
This would be second explosion in the town within a week following an earlier one on November 7 that killed 13 people.
The North-Eastern part of Nigeria has been the most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency which has caused the death of over 13,000 people and has displaced hundreds of thousands of others.
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