Sources: BBC
Gunmen kidnap 25 female students from and kill the vice principal of a secondary school in Maga, Kebbi State, Nigeria. 2025-11-17
The Netherlands officially returns 119 sculptures from the Benin Bronzes collection that were looted from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Edo State, Nigeria, by British colonial forces. 2025-06-21
Four soldiers and two civilian drivers are killed and two South Korean workers are kidnapped in an ambush against a convoy in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-12-13
Nigerian Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu bans the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units from engaging in stop-and-search operations at traffic stops and from setting up roadblocks, as well as mandating that all police officers wear uniforms while on-duty, in response to mounting allegations of agents unlawfully arresting and torturing suspects. 2020-10-4
Boko Haram insurgents carries out an overnight attack against a village in Gwoza, Nigeria, killing 75 elders. 2020-08-26
15 people are killed and over 25,000 are affected after heavy floods hits Nigeria. 2018-07-30
Four suicide bombers attack Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing five people with thirteen others wounded. 2018-03-30
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
Thousands of members of Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party begin voting on whether incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan should be their choice of candidate in April presidential elections. 2011-01-13
An armed group kidnaps at least two Americans, two Frenchmen and a Canadian from a Transocean oil rig in the Okoro Oilfield off the coast of Niger Delta, Nigeria, injuring two others. 2010-11-8