Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
At least 14 Nigerian Army soldiers and a local imam are killed and several others are injured in two seperate attacks by suspected Islamic State – West Africa Province militants on army bases in Gwoza, Borno State, Nigeria. 2026-03-3
Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria. 2026-02-7
The remaining 89 people kidnapped from three churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria, by criminal gangs on January 18, are released. 2026-02-5
Five people are killed and 34 injured after a vehicle carrying passengers from Maiduguri through Kano en route to Lagos, Nigeria, collides head-on with a truck in Niger State. 2025-11-22
At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. 2024-01-24
At least 80 people are killed by armed attackers during a shooting spree on several villages in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2023-05-16
A school pupil is killed and 27 others are kidnapped from their school in the early hours in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. Three staff members and 12 of their relatives are also abducted. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. 2021-02-17
A suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Gamboru, Nigeria, killing 11 people. 2018-01-3
An ocean surge into nearby shanties kills one person and leaves 15 others missing off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria. 2012-08-20
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces he will contest the presidential election in January 2011. 2010-09-15