At least six construction workers, some of them foreigners, have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Nigeria, officials say.

The police chief in Bauchi state told AFP news agency six staff were seized, two of them expatriates, working for Lebanese-owned firm Setraco.

One local official told AP the workers were from the UK, Italy, Greece and Lebanon. However, a UK foreign office spokesman could not confirm the report and said inquiries were being made about the incident.

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