Nigeria's Borno and Yobe states
impose travel bans
All vehicle movement in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno
state has been banned from Christmas eve to Sunday morning to prevent attacks
by militant Islamists, the army has said.
The decision has led to thousands of people rushing to get to their destinations,
Neighbouring Yobe has barred vehicles from entering or leaving the state.
Boko Haram militants have targeted churches during previous festive seasons.
The group bombed the St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla near the capital, Abuja, on Christmas Day 2011, killing at least 43 people.
On Christmas Eve 2010, at least 32 people were killed in bomb blasts targeting churches in central Plateau state, which straddles Nigeria's mainly Muslim north and the Christian south.
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