Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up early Friday when challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter a city in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 18 people and themselves.

Maiduguri, a city that was the birthplace of Boko Haram and is now the home base of government forces trying to crush the Islamic extremists, has been hit by a series of bombings, exacting a terrible toll among civilians.

The attack on Friday — described by civilian defense fighters, the National Emergency Management Agency and witnesses — came just hours after two bombs exploded near a mosque here, killing at least 30 people.

The wounded from that attack were taken to a hospital. One patient lay on a stained, bare mattress, head wrapped in bandages, as anxious women peered through a window from outside.

Twenty people were wounded in that attack, some critically, said the emergency agency's northeast Nigeria coordinator, Muhammed Kanar.

The military and troops from neighboring countries have pushed the extremists from strongholds this year but the suicide bomb attacks by Boko Haram have continued.

Nigeria's army chief indicated a major offensive is imminent. An offensive by a multinational force with troops from Nigeria and its neighbors has been long delayed by funding issues and other disputes.

Boko Haram wants to enforce extreme interpretation of Islamic law across Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer with a population of about 170 million split almost equally between Christians and Muslims.

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What is happening? These people may have planned to finish the whole North taking them a village after another. From mosque to mosque and from market to market. God please see us through this.

let Buhari go and settle Shekau his brother so that all these problems will end

The Gods have declared war on Islam, their nations and places of worship flow with blood being done by themselves.

Meanwhile federal government send deligations to visit victims and promise to foot their bills! President buhari condemn the act and described it as cawordice! Bukula saraki and Dogara commiserate with the family! Liar ask the the people to remain calm! APC vow to end bh december.

God help your children!

No matter powerful they claim to be God will surely flush them out.

Rip to d deaded.

Continue the killing, am enjoying it.

They've turned to their very own
You raised them in the mosques, now they're showing the result
bible word: train up a child in a way he should grow and when he's old , he will not depart from it- proverb 22v6

Nawa and Mr duara said they are winning the war against insurgency:/

The blood of the innocent are on the President's hands.