Africa
27 November 2014
Last updated at 16:03 ET
This week Mubi was recaptured from Islamist group Boko Haram, which controls many towns in the region.
In April, the group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in the town of Chibok, causing international outrage.
Curfew A spokesman for the governor of Adamawa state told the BBC that most of the victims of the latest bomb attack were civilians, although five of the dead were said to be soldiers.
Earlier reports put the death toll as high as 35.
Who are Boko Haram?
Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Mubi was captured by Boko Haram last month and was only ousted
this week by the Nigerian military with assistance from local vigilante
groups and hunters.
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in the area, the BBC's Will Ross reports from the capital of Adamawa state, Yola.
He says attacks by the Islamist extremist group are relentless.
The latest comes two days after at least 78 people were killed in a twin suicide bombing in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has declared an Islamic state in the north-east
Last week Boko Haram killed close to 100 people in two separate
attacks - some had their throats slit, others were drowned in Lake
Chad.
Boko Haram has been designated a terrorist group by the US and other Western countries.
It was based in Maiduguri after its formation in 2002, but has since been driven out of the city by the military and vigilante groups.
by Rashida Adjani and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, N'Djamena, Chad
At least 25 people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in north-eastern Nigeria's Adamawa state.
Some reports said the blast was caused by a roadside bomb and occurred near the town of Mubi, close to the Cameroonian border.This week Mubi was recaptured from Islamist group Boko Haram, which controls many towns in the region.
In April, the group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in the town of Chibok, causing international outrage.
Curfew A spokesman for the governor of Adamawa state told the BBC that most of the victims of the latest bomb attack were civilians, although five of the dead were said to be soldiers.
Earlier reports put the death toll as high as 35.
- Founded in 2002
- Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
- Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state
- Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
- Some three million people affected
- Declared terrorist group by US in 2013
Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in the area, the BBC's Will Ross reports from the capital of Adamawa state, Yola.
He says attacks by the Islamist extremist group are relentless.
The latest comes two days after at least 78 people were killed in a twin suicide bombing in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has declared an Islamic state in the north-east
Boko Haram has been designated a terrorist group by the US and other Western countries.
It was based in Maiduguri after its formation in 2002, but has since been driven out of the city by the military and vigilante groups.
Boko Haram
Analysis
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After ceasefire fiasco, what happens next?What now?
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Escape from Boko Haram
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Battle to free the girls
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'I saw my parents killed'
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Army pride wounded
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Who are Boko Haram?
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Girl bombers
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City under siege
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Deadliest phase
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Failed fight back
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In 60 secs: Boko Haram
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Will abductions backfire?
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Shadowy leader
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From preachers to slave raiders
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