Sources: THEWILL
At least 100 people are killed, including many who were burned to death, hundreds of others are injured, and dozens are still missing, in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria. 2025-06-14
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
At least 80 people are killed by armed attackers during a shooting spree on several villages in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2023-05-16
Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria. 2022-11-11
Canada ends a travel ban on many African nations, including Nigeria and South Africa. 2021-12-17
Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. 2015-02-13
Following the January 16 Chad authorities decision to send troops to Nigeria and Cameroon to fight Boko Haram militants, the Russian ambassador to the country pledges to supply Cameroon with more modern weapons to combat the Islamist insurgents. 2015-01-17
Five people are injured in a bomb explosion near a church in Suleja, Nigeria. 2012-02-19
The death toll of a series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, rises to more than 140. The attacks, which targeted police stations across the city, are attributed to Islamist group Boko Haram. 2012-01-21
A bomb explodes at a People's Democratic Party rally in Suleja Nigeria killing at least three people. 2011-03-3