Sources: THEWILL
The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria this year rises to 109. 2026-03-16
At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria. 2025-01-26
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
Thirty students and several staff members are kidnapped from a school in Kaduna State, Nigeria, by a group of gunmen. 2021-03-12
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 14 civilians in the southeast Diffa Region of Niger near the Nigerian border. The Nigerien government recently approved a law prolonging a 15-day state of emergency for the Diffa region by three months in a bid to boost security. 2015-10-28
Gunmen kill 12 people in a raid on a Northeastern Nigerian village. 2013-11-23
Five people are injured in a bomb explosion near a church in Suleja, Nigeria. 2012-02-19
Three explosions and gunfire are heard in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri after suspected Islamist sect Boko Haram attack police stations. 2011-06-7
A bomb explodes at a People's Democratic Party rally in Suleja Nigeria killing at least three people. 2011-03-3
A ship bound from Libya, the "Al-Amal", due to deliver humanitarian aid from Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria to the Gaza Strip, changes course for Egypt after being warned to stay away by the Israeli Navy and receiving pressure from the United States to "act responsibly". 2010-07-13