A night curfew is in effect in the wake of Friday's attacks in Kano, claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram.
The fresh violence came after Nigerian police foiled attacks in the northern city on Monday, discovering 10 bomb-laden cars and hundreds of explosive devices after the wave of deadly violence last week.
Clerics said prayers for peace after the attacks on Friday. President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to beef up security as he grapples with the worst crises of his nine-month tenure - a surge in violence by the Islamist sect Boko Haram blamed for the attacks and mounting social discontent.
Kano, a mainly Muslim city of 4.2million, was left reeling after the attacks following Friday prayers that targeted police buildings, including the police headquarters.
Police discovered that at least five of the assailants were suicide bombers.
At least two dozen of the dead were police officers, police commissioner Ibrahim Idris said and witnesses said some of the assailants wore police uniforms.
Idris said police found 10 cars loaded with improvised explosive devices in Kano, along with about 300 beer and soft-drink cans, eight powdered milk tins and eight 350kilogram drums - all of them packed with explosives. Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who has previously warned of civil war, appealed to his fellow Nigerians not to exact revenge.
"We must not accept the agenda of Boko Haram. Do not consider reprisals," Soyinka said. "They want ... to embark on a programme where neighbours will turn against neighbours." Political leaders also sought to ensure that the attacks do not spark a wider conflict in Nigeria, which is divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. (Sapa-AFP)
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