Sources: Reuters
At least forty people drown and 24 more are presumed dead after a wooden boat carrying farmers capsizes near Gummi, Zamfara State, Nigeria. 2024-09-14
Six people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility. 2022-04-20
Fifty people are killed and 70 others kidnapped in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2022-04-10
Six soldiers from Niger and Nigeria are killed and 16 others are wounded during a fight with ISWAP militants in the Lake Chad region of Borno State, Nigeria. Twenty-two militants are also killed and 17 more are captured. 2021-12-31
Sri Lanka reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. 2021-12-3
The Nigerian Army claims to have rescued more than 800 hostages from Boko Haram while performing a "clearance operation" in the Northeastern part of Nigeria with fighting killing 22 insurgents. 2016-03-25
Gunmen kill 12 people in a raid on a Northeastern Nigerian village. 2013-11-23
In Abuja, two car bombs explode during Nigeria's 50th anniversary celebrations of its Independence from the British Empire, killing 12 and injuring 17. Militant rebel group MEND claims responsibility. 2010-10-1
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signs legislation to create a so-called "bad bank". 2010-07-20