Sources: Reuters
The number of people found dead following a boat accident in Kebbi State, Nigeria, three days ago, increases to 76. Many more people are still missing. 2021-05-29
Belarus, Monaco, Iceland, Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Lithuania, Mexico and Nigeria confirm their first cases of coronavirus. 2020-02-28
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
The death toll from the bombings in the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi reaches at least 37. 2014-12-23
Gunmen kill 30 people in the central Nigerian village of Shonong in the Riyom local government area. 2014-01-6
Gunmen from the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram open fire at a market in Damboa, Nigeria, killing 18 people. 2013-01-23
Gunmen attack an oil barge off the Niger Delta in Nigeria, killing two navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners. 2012-08-4
25 people are killed in a bomb assault in the Nigerian town Suleja. 2011-04-7
Nigerian police say they have foiled a bomb attack at a church in the city of Bauchi, days after deadly clashes between Christian and Muslim youths. 2011-01-31
Two rival Nigerian lawmakers in the National Assembly are injured, with one sustaining a broken arm. 2010-06-22