A
professor at the University of Maiduguri and a child have been killed
and 17 people wounded in a twin suicide bombing in the city in
Nigeria's northeast.
State
emergency agency NEMA said two suicide bombers blew themselves up at
different gates to the university in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno
state - the former stronghold of Boko Haram Islamist militants -
about 5am (3pm AEDT) on Monday.
The
group has stepped up attacks in the past few weeks as the end of the
wet season aids movement in the bush.
In
early 2015, Boko Haram controlled an area about the size of Belgium,
and has been pushed out of most of that territory by Nigeria's army
and troops from neighbouring countries.
In
December, President Muhammadu Buhari said Boko Haram fighters had
been pushed out of the Sambisa forest, their last stronghold in the
northeast.
Security
analysts say the group's ability to carry out attacks in neighbouring
Niger, Cameroon and Chad suggests it has multiple bases.
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