Colonel Sani Usman, a spokesman for the Nigerian army confirmed that the 10-year-old girl, along with an elderly woman, both suicide bombers, killed at least nine people as they gathered to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports.
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On Thursday, some 50 people were killed in bomb attacks at a market in Gombe, around 200 km (120 miles) from Damaturu.
Noting that 43 persons died in the first explosion while seven people died in the second explosion, he added that many other persons were injured in the explosions suspected to have been masterminded by insurgents.
Officials are blaming terror group Boko Haram, which has been carrying out shootings and bombings in Nigeria since 2009, and has killed hundreds during this year’s Ramadan alone. One of the blasts was caused by a female suicide bomber and the other by a bomb hidden in a market.
No group has said it was behind the bloodshed but such violence is usually blamed on the militant Islamists, Boko Haram.
The Islamic State (ISIS) group, to which Boko Haram has pledged allegiance, had issued a directive to create more mayhem during the just-concluded Ramadan.
Topping the agenda of his talks with Obama “will be measures to strengthen and intensify bilateral and worldwide cooperation against terrorism in Nigeria and West Africa”, a statement from the Nigerian presidency said.
According to Amnesty global, at least 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since Boko Haram launched its uprising in 2009.
The Nigerian military has been unable to put a stop to the frequent raids and bombings.
The attacks also shed a light on the difficulties that the Nigerian military has been having when dealing with Boko Haram prior to President Buhari firing the leaders of the military.
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As per sources the militants came in Hilux vehicles and motorcycles, set fire to all houses but all the residents have escaped from the town since last weekend when troops from the Multi-National Joint Task Forces were withdrawing to Niger.
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The armed group have killed thousands in a six-year insurgency in the country’s northeast. To date 219 girls remain missing.
