Boko Haram Female bomber attacks northern Nigeria market, kills 7

Nigerian security forces inspect the scene of a bomb blast at the Jos Terminus Market, on December 12, 2014 (AFP photo). At least seven people have been killed after a female terrorist in northern Nigeria detonated explosives at a crowded market place in the city of Biu which is plagued by Boko Haram Takfiri group.




"There has been a[n] … attack by a female … bomber in the market this afternoon," said a witness identified in an AFP report as Babagani Ali, who lives in the Borno state town, 180 kilometers south of the state capital of Maiduguri.
There has been no official confirmation of the deadly blast, nor claim of responsibility for the terror attack on Thursday.
The development comes as Nigeria and its neighbors pledged earlier in the week to create an 8,700-strong force to battle the Boko Haram terror campaign, which has been spilling over beyond the country's borders.
"The representatives of Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad have announced contributions totaling 8,700 military personnel, police and civilians," said a joint statement on Saturday after a three-day summit in Cameroon's capital Yaounde.
This is while the escalating terror efforts by the Takfiri militants have killed at least 13,000 people and rendered more than a million others homeless since 2009.
African Union leaders will submit the plan for the force to the UN Security Council for approval.
A major offensive with warplanes and ground forces from Chad and Nigeria has already forced the militants out from a dozen Nigerian towns and cities.