A professor and three others have been confirmed dead in one of the early morning explosions that rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Monday.
PRNigeria said it gathered the professor died in one of the explosions at a mosque near Gate 1 of the University of Maiduguri.
Another explosion explosion occurred around Gate 5 of the same university, also in the early hours of Monday.
Both explosions happened during the early morning Islamic prayer, Subhi, around 5am.
Officials from National Emergency Management Agency and the Borno State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the evacuation of the bodies of the professor, a child and two bombers to he mortuary.
Doctors confirmed the death of four people, including the two bombers.
Seventeen persons sustained injuries and are being treated.