DHAKA: More than 70 people have been killed in two blasts that rocked a crowded bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria`s capital, Abuja.

The blast happened as commuters were about to board buses and taxis to go to work in central Abuja, reported the BBC.

Eyewitnesses said there were dead bodies scattered around the area.

This may have been another attack by the Islamist militant group known as Boko Haram, correspondents say.

Abbas Idris, head of the Abuja Emergency Relief Agency, told the BBC that so far they have confirmed 71 people dead and 124 injured.

The blast ripped a hole four feet deep in the ground of Nyanya Motor Park, some 16km (10 miles) from the city centre, and destroyed more than 30 vehicles, causing secondary explosions as their fuel tanks ignited and burned, the Associated Press news agency reports.

BDST: 1855 HRS, APR 14, 2014