Sources: BBC
Nigerian defence minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigns amid President Bola Tinubu's declaration of a nationwide security emergency. 2025-12-1
Fourteen people are killed and 24 others are injured when a drunk driver drives into crowds at the annual carnival parade in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2022-12-28
Twenty people are killed and at least one other is injured when a minibus collides with a vehicle in Bauchi State, Nigeria. 2022-04-20
Over ten people are killed during a demonstration against the police force of Nigeria. 2020-10-15
Cattle thieves are reported to have killed 23 people in Zamfara, Nigeria. 2018-06-3
Gunmen kill 11 worshipers in St Phillip's Catholic Church in the town of Ozubulu in Nigeria's Anambra State. 2017-08-6
Bombings hit the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi, killing at least 26 people. 2014-12-22
A suicide bomber detonates a tricycle taxi filled with explosives at an outdoor viewing venue for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Damaturu, Nigeria, resulting in several deaths and 15 people critically injured. 2014-06-17
An explosion reportedly occurs outside a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with four deaths reported. However, the Nigerian military later denies it was an explosion, claiming the noise was caused by an armed robbery with two deaths. 2011-12-30
Opposition parties in Nigeria raise their concerns over "missing" President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been at a hospital in Saudi Arabia for six weeks. 2010-01-5