Five females and four males have died after an explosion went off in Gombe State, sources at the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have said.

‘The incident occurred at the state-owned transport company, Gombe Line Transport Services Limited,” says a Channels TV report.

The report says that 37 others sustained injuries in the bomb blast.

It quotes eyewitness as saying that three bombs concealed in bags went off during rush hour this morning and that three men left bags packed with explosives among the buses which went off.

•Photo, cortesy of Channels, shows scene of the Gombe blast.