Sources: BBC
At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. 2024-01-24
A group of gunmen kidnap students from Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria. 2021-04-20
Nigerian Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu bans the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units from engaging in stop-and-search operations at traffic stops and from setting up roadblocks, as well as mandating that all police officers wear uniforms while on-duty, in response to mounting allegations of agents unlawfully arresting and torturing suspects. 2020-10-4
Fifteen security personnel are killed when Boko Haram ambush a convoy of vehicles in which government officials were driven in Borno State, Nigeria. 2020-09-25
Nigerian soldiers kill at least 12 people and injure dozens more in a clash with followers of Shi'a cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky's Islamic movement in the northern town of Zaria. The army says the crowd surged towards General Tukur Buratai's convoy, some firing and attempting to kill Buratai. Afterward, the Nigerian Army and the Islamic Movement accuse each other of instigating the attacks. 2015-12-12
Gunmen attack Christian villages in northern Nigeria, killing dozens of people. 2012-07-8
Nigerian police claim to have captured a senior commander of the radical Islamist militant group Boko Haram. 2012-05-12
Nigeria accuses the international community of taking action in Libya while doing little to resolve the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. 2011-03-22
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces he will contest the presidential election in January 2011. 2010-09-15
The Nigerian Army regains control of the city of Jos after religious violence killed more than 200 people. 2010-01-20