Three bombings, including one by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 47 people in Maiduguri on Saturday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram.
Many children were among the dead and at least 50 others were wounded in the explosions that hit two crowded markets and a busy bus station.
The Nigerian Islamist militants have relentlessly attacked Maiduguri throughout their six-year uprising, which has cost more than13,000 lives and security forces in the city have struggled to contain the bloodshed.
Nigeria has since last month claimed key victories over Boko Haram in an offensive being waged incooperation with forces from neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Several towns and villages in the northeast previously captured by the insurgents have reportedly been taken back by government troops and experts have said that in response Boko Haram was likely to increase attacks on civilian targets in major cities.
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