Records coming in from the various morgues hospitals in Kano metropolis of Kano State where Friday’s explosion occurred showed that the casualty figure is close to 200.
Though the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, put the figure at seven, records from hospitals still being put together by our correspondents showed that the figure is in the region of 150.
Al-Jazeera put the figure at over 140.
Dead bodies are still on the streets of Kano by our correspondents who are monitoring the situation.
The explosions have been linked to the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
The statistics from the hospital came in as the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Police Command, is getting set to brief the press.
Journalists who are to attend the press conference art finding it difficult to get to the venue of the briefing because of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the town.
Over 20 bombs went off in Kano on Friday, with the worst hit places being the Zone 1 Headquarters of the Nigeria Police, two other police stations and the offices of the State Security Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
A journalist with Channels Television, Eneche Akogwu, was also shot dead by the militants while filming the explosion scenes.