The Nigerian government has confirmed 32 persons was killed and 47 others injured in suicide twin bomb blasts in the central north state of Plateau on Thursday evening.

Zonal coordinator of the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Abdulsalam Mohammed told reporters on Friday in Jos, the state capital that the corpses had been deposited at the morgue.

Mohammed said 47 other persons injured in the blasts were receiving treatment at Plateau Specialist Hospital, Bingham Teaching Hospital and Our Lady of Apostle (OLA) Hospital all in Jos.

The first blast was said to have gone off at about 6.30 p.m. local time at a popular eatery situated in the busy Terminus area of the metropolis, while the second explosive device exploded minutes later along Masalachi Juma road.

Terminus is usually heavily populated in the evenings when traders return to make quick evening sales.

The population at Terminus is particularly heavier at this period as residents rush to do Christmas shopping. It also serves as a park for commuters rushing home after the close of work or business.

Plateau State is situated in Nigeria's middle belt where the Muslim-dominated north and the Christian-majority south meet. It has seen years of ethnic tensions and is a major potential flashpoint of pre-election and post-election violence.

The state capital Jos was plunged into a pool of blood on March 7, 2010, when members of local Muslim and Christian communities fought each other in revenge for previous killings.

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