Nigeria's military has repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the Borno state capital Maiduguri in the northeast of the country, according to security sources.
Maiduguri would be a major prize for the insurgents, who are trying to carve out an Islamic state in the region, began attacking the city shortly after midnight.
Scores of militants and soldiers were killed, a military source and a civilian joint taskforce leader said.
A civilian death toll was not given.
Nigeria's defence headquarters tweeted that coordinated land and air operations were being used to repel the attacks and a curfew had been imposed on Maiduguri.
Militants began the attack at the edge of the city in the Njimtilo area.
The militants control vast swathes of Borno state and some areas of neighbouring Adamawa and Yobe states, and recently took control of the town and a multi-national army base at Baga by Lake Chad.
The government said 150 people had been killed in that attack but local officials say the figure is far higher and some have put it as high as 2,000.
Monguno is about 138km north of the state capital, and just over 50km from Baga.
Boko Haram, Sunni jihadist group, has killed thousands of people during a five-year insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria; Africa's most populous country.
The army's inability to quash the group is a major headache for President Goodluck Jonathan, who is seeking re-election in February and who visited the state capital on Saturday as part of his campaign.
Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari had been due to arrive in Maiduguri tomorrow.
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