Two soldiers have been shot dead at a mosque in Nigeria, a day after 19 worshippers were killed in an attack on a church, an army official said.

Gunmen have attacked a prison in Nigeria, freeing inmates during a gun battle in an attack similar to one carried out in 2010 by a radical Islamist sect.

A bus driver ran over and killed 14 travellers who had been ordered to lie in the middle of a road after their own bus was robbed on its way to Nigeria's capital, police said.

Groups around the world representing indigenous people like travellers in Ireland will call today for international co-operation to resolve discrimination.

More than 100 people were killed when three buses and a lorry collided and burst into flames in central Nigeria today.