Sources: Reuters
The death toll from heavy flooding that submerged the market town of Mokwa in Niger State, Nigeria, on Wednesday, rises to at least 117. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and a nearby dam collapsed. 2025-05-30
At least 317 girls are kidnapped by armed bandits raiding a secondary school hostel in the Nigerian state of Zamfara. 2021-02-26
Jihadist group Boko Haram claim responsibility for Friday's mass kidnapping in Kankara, Katsina, Nigeria. 2020-12-15
Over 100 people are killed in floods after Nigeria's two major rivers burst their banks. 2018-09-17
Up to seven suicide bombers blow themselves up after failing in an attempt to attack a camp for displaced people near Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2017-02-17
At least three people are killed in two suicide bombing attacks in Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2016-12-11
Gunmen kill a Nigerian driver and kidnap seven people near Calabar, Nigeria. The group, which was escorted by a security pickup that reportedly had four armed policemen, includes five expatriate and two Nigerian contractors working for Macmahon Holdings' United Cement Company plant in the Akpabuyo district. Police report two of the workers escaped. Police commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh says no ransom has been received. 2016-06-22
The death toll from the bombings in the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi reaches at least 37. 2014-12-23
Islamist terror group Boko Haram abduct two prominent traditional rulers from Borno State in Nigeria. 2014-05-30
25 people are killed in a bomb assault in the Nigerian town Suleja. 2011-04-7