Nigeria fighting 'kills scores' in Baga

Intense fighting between the military and Islamist militants in northern Nigeria is reported to have killed at least 185 people, however the army has disputed this figure.

Rocket-propelled grenades and heavy gunfire bombarded the remote town of Baga near the border with Chad for hours on Friday evening, officials say.

Some 40% of the town was destroyed by fire, one rescue worker said.

Nigeria faces a long-running insurgency in its predominantly Muslim north.

Tomi Oladipo reports.