Nigerian police stations bombed
The explosions in Kano bore similarities to attacks by a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of deaths in recent months.
The first bomb detonated at a regional police headquarters, causing unknown injuries, according to an official with the National Emergency Management Agency.
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Hide AdA second blast struck a police station in another neighbourhood, he added.
The explosions occurred as Nigeria faces increasing attacks from a sect known as Boko Haram.
The group has carried out bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Sharia law across Nigeria, a multi-ethnic nation of more than 160 million people.