At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s main relief agency says

At least 44 people have been killed in twin bomb blasts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country's main relief agency says, after a bloody week of violence blamed on Boko Haram.

"At the moment we have 44 dead bodies and 47 others injured from the scenes of the two attacks," Mohammed Abdulsalam, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said.

Earlier, police in Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital, said at least 18 people had lost their lives in Sunday night's attacks at a shopping complex and a site near a popular mosque.

With the latest attacks, more than 500 people have been killed, according to news agency AFP.

On Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a church in the city of Potiskum, in north-east Nigeria, killing five worshippers.