At least 18 people were killed and 30 injured in a series of deadly explosions in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, officials said.
One of the alleged bombings killed six people and injured others at a wedding ceremony on Saturday.
The state emergency management agency said suspected suicide bombers attacked a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in the town of Gwoza.
Borno state is at the center of a 15-year insurgency by Islamic militants Boko Haram that has displaced more than two million people and killed more than 40,000.
Boko Haram gained international notoriety in 2014 when kidnapped more than 270 students from the city of Chibok, also in Borno state.
Authorities said 18 deaths were confirmed on Saturday, a number that includes children, adults and pregnant women.
Some local media reported a much higher number of victims – the Nigerian newspapers Vanguard and This Day said at least 30 people died in the explosions.
A curfew was imposed by the military.
No one claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Gwoza was captured by Boko Haram in 2014 and retaken by Nigerian forces in 2015 – but since then the group has continued to carry out attacks and kidnappings near the city.
Last November, 20 people were killed by Boko Haram insurgents upon returning from a funeral in neighboring Yobe state.
The attack came a day after militants killed 17 people in an operation in the village of Gurokayeya after villagers refused to pay the so-called harvest tax, police said.
