Sources: CNN
At least 11 police officers are killed in an ambush by armed assailants in Benue State, Nigeria. 2025-09-19
Nigerian police announce that the 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State, Nigeria, last week have been found without making any ransom payments. 2024-08-24
Over 100 people are killed in floods after Nigeria's two major rivers burst their banks. 2018-09-17
Nigerian spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after anti-corruption agents uncovered more than $43 million in cash at his flat in Lagos. 2017-04-19
Multiple suicide blasts occur at a refugee camp near Maiduguri, Nigeria, leaving eight people dead and wounding 18 others. 2017-03-22
The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. 2016-08-28
A twin bombing near a mosque kills at least 26 people in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. 2015-10-15
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visits neighboring Cameroon to bolster support for a multinational army to fight Boko Haram. 2015-07-29
Nigerian part of Jos is sealed off as police search the city following the discovery of a booby-trap bomb. 2010-07-23
The Nigerian military exhumes seven fresh corpses from shallow graves near Jos in the latest round of apparent revenge killings. 2010-04-21