BBC News with Nick Kelly

A bomb has exploded in a market close to a military

barrack

s in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing a number of people. Our correspondent Tomi Oladipo has the latest details.

It's in an area which is a market, which has a bar, an open-air bar, where people come to drink. And I've spoken to witnesses who were at the scene, and they say they've seen bodies being carried out. So far, the sources within the ministry are telling me 11 people have been killed in the attack, but I still can't confirm that because the place has been

cordon

ed off by police and the ambulance services which are there.

The man who's refusing to step down as president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has said the country could face greater violence if he were removed from office. The international community is demanding that he hand over power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, who's believed to have won the election. Speaking to the Euronews television channel, Mr Gbagbo indicated he might consider resigning if the regional group Ecowas were to

intervene

militarily to try to remove him.

"I will see, but it's not on the agenda for the moment. What's on the agenda is to negotiate, so we are negotiating. I ask myself why those who

pretend to

have beaten me oppose a recount of votes. That's what I want to know. I ask those people to support a recount."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says she has warned senior Ivorian officials including Mr Gbagbo that they could be held criminally