The car of a suspected suicide bomber who was disguised in military uniform exploded on Tuesday under fire from soldiers outside a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna

The car of a suspected suicide bomber who was disguised in military uniform exploded on Tuesday under fire from soldiers outside a military base in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, according to the army.

"The soldiers repelled the attack and were able to stop what will have been a suicide bombing," a statement signed by Raphael Isa, director of Nigerian army public relations, said.

"However, after firing [at] the suicide bomber who tried to force his way, the bomb exploded and shattered the glasses that adorn the frontage of the headquarters.

"The suicide bomber was the only casualty."

This was the latest in a series of attacks on military and other targets to have hit northern regions of Africa's most populous nation in the past months.

Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack.

"We are responsible for the attacks on the army barracks and the air force base in Kaduna today," a man who claimed to be Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa told journalists during a phone conference in Maiduguri.