At least 50 people are reported to have been killed in north-eastern Nigeria in a gun and bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram militants, the BBC News reported.

Pictures from the village of Dalori show burned-out buildings and charred livestock.

Fires from the burning village could be seen in the city of Maiduguri, nearly 10km away.

Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency has claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than two million people over the past six years.

Source: MENA