( CNN ) -- Hours after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan , a bomb blast rocked the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi , a government spokesman said . Yushau Shuaib , a spokesman for Nigeria 's National Emergency Management Agency , confirmed that there are several casualties , though he did not give a specific number . `` Most victims were moved to hospitals and dead bodies were evacuated , '' he said . The emergency management agency has been mobilized `` to contain the situation , '' Shuaib added . Another explosion rattled a beer hall in Zuba , on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital of Abuja . Shuaib said there were no serious injuries in that blast , with three victims taking themselves to a nearby hospital . In recent weeks , the African nation has been rocked by a series of bombings thought to be engineered by Boko Haram , an Islamic group that has challenged Nigeria 's government . Explosions in Nigeria 's northeastern state of Borno killed a few and wounded dozens in late April in the days leading up to national governorship elections in attacks that police described as attempts to intimidate voters who had picked Jonathan . Northern Muslims in some areas charged that the presidential election was rigged . Armed protesters in the region took to the streets chanting the name of former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari , the main opposition front-runner . This is Jonathan 's first full term . As vice president , he took over the presidency in May 2010 upon the death of then-President Umaru Yar'Adua , who had suffered from a heart condition .
NEW : 3 hurt in a blast at a city center near Abuja , a government official says . A more serious explosion occurred in Bauchi , when a bomb detonates . There are casualties , though no definitive number has been released . The attack came hours after Goodluck Jonathan 's inauguration as president .