Witness says 7 people killed, 12 seriously injured in eastern Jalingo, the explosion that rocked the state's Ministry of Finance.
"The blast was between the state ministry of finance and police headquarters," Ibrahim Farinloye, local head of the National Emergency Management Agency, told the Reuters news agency.
The apparent target of the attack was Mamman Sule, the state police commissioner, whose convoy was passing by when the explosion occurred, said Ibiang Mbaseki, the police spokesperson.
"A bomber on a motorcycle rammed into the police rider [motorcycle escort]," Mbaseki told the AFP news agency. "The bomb went off. The windshield of the police commissioner's car was shattered."
The commissioner "was the prime target", Mbaseki said.
Sule was unharmed, witnesses said, but the explosives caused massive damage to a roadside market, and blew out the windows at the nearby state ministry of finance building.
The recent increase of attacks on institutions and innocent Nigerians in the northern part of the country calls for worry.
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