Sources: THEWILL
Eleven people are killed and several more are kidnapped as Boko Haram gunmen open fire against farmers working in their fields in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria. 2023-11-5
Authorities say that gunmen have killed more than 50 people, including two soldiers and a police officer, in a raid on a village in Kebbi State, northwestern Nigeria. Security forces were forced to flee the area, leaving the militants to burn down shops and kidnap women and children. 2022-01-16
A mass shooting in Kogi State, Nigeria leaves 14 people dead and another six injured. Thirteen of the fatalities were member of the same family. Police said that a long-standing row over land rights is suspected to be the motive behind the attack. 2020-07-30
A twin-suicide bombing of a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano kills at least fifteen people. 2015-11-18
Nigerian writer and literary icon Chinua Achebe dies at the age of 82. 2013-03-21
Men on motorbikes storm a primary school in Nigeria and open fire wounding four teachers. 2013-03-13
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
A building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria sees further rescue efforts; at least 14 people are known to have died. 2010-08-13
The Supreme Court of Nigeria gives the government 14 days to decide whether ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to rule the country. 2010-01-22