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Soldiers announce on state television that President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. The country's borders are closed and a nationwide curfew is declared.
2023-07-26

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

Six people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility.
2022-04-20

Six soldiers from Niger and Nigeria are killed and 16 others are wounded during a fight with ISWAP militants in the Lake Chad region of Borno State, Nigeria. Twenty-two militants are also killed and 17 more are captured.
2021-12-31

The United Kingdom ends its travel ban on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
2021-12-20

Two explosions in the Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least 29 people.
2015-07-22

Australia withdraws its ambassador after eight people including Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, an Indonesian, four Nigerians, and two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are executed.
2015-04-29

Two rival Nigerian lawmakers in the National Assembly are injured, with one sustaining a broken arm.
2010-06-22

In Nigeria, the Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, is controversially re-elected.
2010-02-7

Nigerian authorities relax a 24 hour curfew put in place in Jos due to recent religious violence. [http:--af.reuters.com-article-topNews-idAFJOE60K06A20100121 (Reuters Africa)] [http:--www.afriquejet.com-news-africa-news-curfew-relaxed-in-nigerian-city-after-violence-2010012142539.html (Afrique en ligne)]date=August 2019
2010-01-21