Sources: BBC
The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200. 2025-06-2
Ten people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede during a distribution of food and clothes at a church in Abuja, Nigeria. 2024-12-21
At least 38 people are killed and several houses are torched during two attacks at two villages in Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria. 2022-12-20
At least 29 people, mostly schoolchildren, drown after an overloaded boat capsizes in Bagwai, Kano State, Nigeria. 2021-12-1
The number of people found dead following a boat accident in Kebbi State, Nigeria, three days ago, increases to 76. Many more people are still missing. 2021-05-29
Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people. The massacre reportedly occurred during the morning, when most workers were harvesting rice. 2020-11-28
Gunmen raid multiple villages in Nigeria's Katsina State, killing at least 47 people, according to police. 2020-04-19
Over the last week, a meningitis outbreak has killed at least 140 people in Nigeria. 2017-03-28
Nigerian militants belonging to Ansar al-Muslimeen claim responsibility to kidnapping and killing Italian, Greek, and British construction workers in Northern Nigeria. 2013-03-10
A court in Nigeria charges an Iranian man over an illegal weapons shipment discovered in Lagos. 2010-11-25