Sources: BBC
Two buses collided on the Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway in Odigbo, Nigeria before catching fire, killing 30 and injuring two.2025-02-1
Fourteen people are rescued from kidnappers by Nigerian forces and local vigilante groups in Katsina State, Nigeria. 2024-03-22
A wave of xenophobic attacks on migrants and foreign owned businesses in South Africa, particularly targeting Nigerian citizens, continues into its sixth day. 2019-09-3
A long-awaited report released by an African Union investigative team led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo describes atrocities and the discovery of mass graves in South Sudan, citing government forces and their allies as responsible parties. 2015-10-29
Toll of Boko Haram massacre in northeastern Nigeria rises to nearly 170.2015-07-3
Nigerian drug agents arrest senator-elect Buruji Kashamu for extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in a drug deal 20 years ago that is claimed to be the basis for the television show "Orange is the New Black". 2015-05-23
A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, with 13 deaths reported. 2013-10-3
A parliamentary election is to take place in Nigeria, but is postponed to 4 April as voting materials did not arrive on time. 2011-04-2
The Supreme Court rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. 2010-06-29