At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday after two suicide bombers exploded and gunmen opened fire on a Muslim congregation at Friday prayers in the central mosque in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano.

The blast occurred at the main mosque in Kano, where hundreds had gathered to listen to a sermon in a region terrorised by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram.

Immediately after the blasts, hundreds of angry youths took to the streets, throwing stones, brandishing sticks and shouting at security officials.

The palace of the Emir of Kano is near the central mosque.

The Emir, one of the highest ranking Islamic figures in Nigeria, was out of the country on Friday, according to palace officials.

The militant group Boko Haram has carried out numerous such attacks in northern Nigeria and Kano has been repeatedly hit.

Meanwhile, a police anti-bomb squad defused six bombs planted near a mosque and a market in Maiduguri on Friday, according to a Borno state police spokesman.

Fears are running high in Maiduguri after two female suicide bombers detonated explosives on Tuesday at a commercial centre.

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