Sources: CNN
Boko Haram insurgents kill nine people and injure four others in an attack on Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Nigeria. 2025-07-6
Boko Haram suicide bombers and a gunman kill 8 and injure 15 in an attack in Maiduguri, Nigeria. All three attackers were later killed. 2019-02-16
A spat in a market in Nigeria's northern Kaduna State results in 55 dead. After the brawl, 22 people were arrested. 2018-10-20
In Nigeria six foreign workers, of which one Italian, one Greek and two Lebanese, are kidnapped in a construction site, one security guard is killed. 2013-02-17
Gunmen attack a pub in central Nigeria's Plateau State and open fire on customers, killing 10 people. 2012-11-27
A Nigerian general says armies in West Africa are ready to oust Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo by force. 2011-01-21
One of Nigeria's most influential politicians, James Ibori, is arrested on corruption charges in Dubai. 2010-05-13
The Nigerian military exhumes seven fresh corpses from shallow graves near Jos in the latest round of apparent revenge killings. 2010-04-21
At least 149 people are killed in two days of violence between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos. 2010-01-19