Up to 300 people are reported to have been killed in the latest attack blamed on an Islamist group that abducted more than 200 schoolgirls and threatened to sell them at market.
Borno state senator Ahmed Khalifa Zanna told Sky News hundreds of people were reported to have been killed in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gamboru Ngala by armed men believed to be from Boko Haram.
He said the suspected militants opened fire on residents, before burning down numerous shops and businesses in the town near the Cameroon border.
Mr Zanna is also reported as saying the town was left unguarded after soldiers were moved to join the hunt for the 276 girls who went missing from a boarding school in the village of Chibok in Borno state, north Nigeria, on April 14.
A further 11 girls, aged 12 to 15, were taken from the northeastern village of Warabe on Tuesday.
Most of the girls were taken from the village of Chibok Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the mass abduction in a video, in which he also threatened to sell the girls "on the market".
It was not immediately clear whether the video was recorded before or after reports emerged that some girls had been trafficked into neighbouring Chad and Cameroon.
Mr Zanna told Sky News he did not believe any of the girls have yet been sold, but had heard information that some have been passed to Cameroon for marriage.
Relatives and campaigners have staged regular protests and launched a successful social media appeal, under the banner "Bring Back Our Girls," which calls on the government to do more.
Abubakar Shekau threatened to sell the girls "on the market" The British Government said it would send a small team of experts, possibly including military officers, to assist with the search.
The group will concentrate on planning, co-ordination and advice rather than taking in part in operations to free the girls on the ground.
The US said on Tuesday it would deploy military personnel and FBI officials with expertise in hostage negotiations.
But Foreign Secretary William Hague told Sky News that, some three weeks after the abduction, search efforts could prove difficult.
"It is a desperate situation for the girls involved, it just shows the nature of this terrorist organisation Boko Haram," he said.
"It's difficult of course because this is primarily a matter for Nigeria and Britain can't just walk in there ... and do as we like.
Protesters have called on the Nigerian government to do more "It's very frustrating when the world can't act to deal with these things promptly because the trail goes cold of course after several weeks."
Nigerian police have announced a 50m Nigerian naira (£182,000) reward for credible information leading to the location and rescue of the female students.
Meanwhile US President Barack Obama has pledged to do "everything we can" to help rescue the youngsters.
Boko Haram, whose name means 'Western education is sinful,' has fought a five-year insurgency against the Nigerian government and hopes to carve out an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
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