The death toll from the stampede at two food distribution events in Abuja and Okija, Nigeria, increases to 32. 2024-12-22
Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria. 2022-11-11
At least 15 people are killed and several others are trapped when a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, collapses. 2021-11-1
The Nigerian government announces that they will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to submit a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours beginning on December 1. 2021-10-13
Nigerian Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari dies from COVID-19 in Lagos. Kyari is the highest profile person to die from the virus in Nigeria so far. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 493 total cases and 17 deaths from COVID-19. 2020-04-17
Gunmen kill 11 worshipers in St Phillip's Catholic Church in the town of Ozubulu in Nigeria's Anambra State. 2017-08-6
An explosion and gunfire are heard in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri, amid activity by Islamist group Boko Haram. 2011-07-6
As many as 30 children die of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria. 2010-08-27
Nigeria charges with murder 49 of the 200 people it has arrested so far following the recent massacre of civilians near Jos. 2010-03-10
Nigerian soldiers open fire on a crowd after curfew in Jos, killing two people, days after Muslim-Christian riots in the area left more than 200 dead including dozens of children 2010-03-10