Sources: THEWILL
Nigeria fully repays its US$3.4 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund that it borrowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected to pay some residual honorary charges for special withdrawing rights of US$30 million annually. 2025-04-30
At least 86 people are killed and several others are injured when a fuel tanker overturns on a highway in Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria, and later explodes when people gather to collect the spilled fuel. 2025-01-18
Eighteen Indian sailors are abducted near the Nigerian coast. 2019-12-4
James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, Nigeria, launches a bid to overturn his guilty pleas on corruption charges in the UK alleging police corruption. 2018-03-21
Three suicide bombers kill 27 people and wound 83 near Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2017-08-15
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
Boko Haram declares an Islamic state in areas of Nigeria under its control. 2014-08-25
Five people are injured in a bomb explosion near a church in Suleja, Nigeria. 2012-02-19
A bomb explodes at a People's Democratic Party rally in Suleja Nigeria killing at least three people. 2011-03-3
Lobbying for the role of Nigeria's new vice-president begins after Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration and Umaru Yar'Adua's death. 2010-05-7