Sources: CNN
Due to the Alau Dam collapse by heavy floods more than 80% of the animals in the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria have been killed. 2024-09-11
At least 42 women, residents of an IDP camp, are abducted by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. 2023-08-23
Dozens of protesters in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja are arrested or injured after police fired tear gas at the crowds. The protests, coinciding with a public holiday marking Nigeria's transition to democracy, were organized to protest President Muhammadu Buhari's Twitter ban and numerous other issues plaguing his administration, with protestors calling for his resignation. 2021-06-12
Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate their devices among a group of football fans, killing 30 people and wounding 40 others, in Konduga, Nigeria. 2019-06-17
A bomb attack consistent with Boko Haram kills 50 people in Nigeria's Borno State. 2015-08-11
A bomb explodes at a market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least four people. 2015-05-31
A mass suicide bomber kills at least two people outside a church in the Nigerian city of Jos. 2012-02-26
The Nigerian People's Democratic Party wins the governorship in Adamawa State. 2012-02-5
The death toll from recent violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, rises to 80. Islamist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for the deadly Christmas Eve bombings in the city. 2010-12-28
The chairman of the Nigerian People's Democratic Party (PDP), Vincent Eze Ogbulafor, resigns days after facing fraud charges in court. 2010-05-14