Sources: THEWILL
Nigeria's air force kills more than 15 Islamist fighters in an airstrike on hideouts in Borno's Sambisa forest, while troops separately kill 13 Boko Haram militants after repelling an ambush on a military convoy along the Gubio–Damasak road. 2025-09-3
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
Nigerian Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari dies from COVID-19 in Lagos. Kyari is the highest profile person to die from the virus in Nigeria so far. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 493 total cases and 17 deaths from COVID-19. 2020-04-17
Cattle thieves are reported to have killed 23 people in Zamfara, Nigeria. 2018-06-3
Unidentified militants attack Kuru-kuru and Jarkuka in Zamfara, Nigeria, killing dozens. 2018-04-12
At least 60 are killed in a collapse of a church in Uyo, Nigeria. 2016-12-10
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
Newly released cables report that oil giant Royal Dutch Shell had "access to everything" inside "all relevant ministries" of the Nigerian government. 2010-12-9
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces he will contest the presidential election in January 2011. 2010-09-15