Six people were killed in a shooting at a church in the northeast of Nigeria early on Tuesday reports Reuters.
For the third consecutive year, a deadly attack has been carried out on Christmas services in Nigeria.
Although security forces pledged to protect churches this year, unknown gunmen attempting to attack the town of Potiskum were repelled by troops and instead attacked a church in a village called Jiri as they fled.
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram is believed to be responsible for the attacks, as a continuation of their campaign to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria.