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At least ten people are killed and 25 others are injured when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office building in Lagos, Nigeria. 2025-09-18
Sixteen people are killed after the explosion of a roadside bomb between the towns of Rann and Gamboru in Borno State, Nigeria. 2025-04-28
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announces that Nigeria is working on developing its own COVID-19 vaccine. 2022-01-7
The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, increases to 22, as the search-and-rescue operations enter their third day. 2021-11-3
At least 56 are killed and 70 wounded in a twin suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria. [https:--www.naij.com-1076968-breaking-boko-haram-twin-bomb-blast-kills-47.html (NAIJ)], [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-africa-38263837 (BBC)], [https:--www.nytimes.com-aponline-2016-12-09-world-africa-ap-af-nigeria-boko-haram.html?_r=0 ("The New York Times")], [http:--europe.newsweek.com-nigeria-double-suicide-bomb-kills-30-former-boko-haram-stronghold-530142?rm=eu (Newsweek)], [http:--www.foxnews.com-world-2016-12-10-toll-rises-to-57-in-suicide-bombings-in-northeast-nigeria.html (FOX News)] Madagali suicide bombings2016-12-9
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visits neighboring Cameroon to bolster support for a multinational army to fight Boko Haram. 2015-07-29
An attack in Nigeria, suspected to be perpetrated by Islamic sect Boko Haram, kills 55 people. 2013-05-7
At least 37 people are killed in two days of attacks in northeastern Nigeria, after radical Islamic group Boko Haram issues an ultimatum for all Christians to leave the north. 2012-01-7
The President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau due to violence by the Islamist sect Boko Haram. [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-01-01-nigeria-declares-state-of-emergency-3753958 (AFP via ABC News Australia)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019 Nigeria shuts borders with the countries Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. [http:--www.thenationonlineng.net-2011-index.php-news-update-31740-jonathan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-borno-yobe-plateau-and-niger-states.html (The Nation)][https:--web.archive.org-web-20120107132718-http:--www.sunnewsonline.com-webpages-news-national-2012-jan-01-national-01-01-2012-001.html (The Sun)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019 2011-12-31
Two German men held in Abia State, Nigeria are released six days after being seized on a swim. 2010-04-24