Sources: BBC
Gunmen target a church in Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping the pastor and some worshippers. 2025-11-19
At least 26 people are killed in a boat accident on the Niger River in Ibaji, Kogi State, Nigeria. The cause of the accident is unknown. 2025-09-30
Fifteen people are killed and many others are injured after armed bandits attacked a mosque in Zamfara, Nigeria. 2022-09-24
Nigeria receives four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. government. 2021-08-1
Four people are confirmed dead and 156 more are reported missing after a ferry traveling between Niger State and Kebbi, Nigeria, sinks in the Niger River. 2021-05-26
Armed bandits storm a mining site in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, killing 26 people, including 16 illegal gold miners. 2018-04-13
A teenage girl suicide bomber kills five people and injures fourteen others in the Damaturu area in northeast Nigeria. 2015-08-25
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for gubernatorial and state Assembly elections. At least nine people are killed in election day violence, most of them in Rivers State. 2015-04-11
Boko Haram rejects the idea of an amnesty offer for militants by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. 2013-04-11
Hundreds of soldiers are deployed to Aba in southern Nigeria after the kidnapping of 15 school children by an armed gang. 2010-09-30