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Ireland reports its first case of the B.1.525 variant first detected in Nigeria.
2021-02-25

SEAL Team Six conducts a predawn raid in northern Nigeria, rescuing American hostage Philip Walton, who was kidnapped in Niger. The Pentagon says no U.S. military personnel were injured in the operation.
2020-10-31

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 suicide bombing in the city of Maiduguri in the north of Nigeria kills 20 people.
2015-06-2

Islamist terror group Boko Haram abduct two prominent traditional rulers from Borno State in Nigeria.
2014-05-30

In Nigeria, a clash between the military and Islamic extremists leaves at least 185 people dead.
2013-04-21

Police in Nigeria arrest 13 people in connection with the lynching of four university students who were accused of stealing laptops and mobile phones in Rivers state.
2012-10-8

A bomb is thrown into an Arabic school in southern Nigeria's Delta State, injuring seven people.
2011-12-28

Nigerian soldiers raid suspected militant camps in the Niger Delta in a new offensive.
2011-05-12