Sources: Reuters
Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate their devices among a group of football fans, killing 30 people and wounding 40 others, in Konduga, Nigeria. 2019-06-17
Cattle thieves are reported to have killed 23 people in Zamfara, Nigeria. 2018-06-3
Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall. The resulting crash killed fifteen. 2018-04-18
Six crew from a German ship are kidnapped in Nigerian waters. 2017-10-24
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
An Islamic school in the Nigerian town of Bukuru collapses with at least four students killed and 40 injured. 2015-09-13
The World Health Organisation removes India from the list of polio endemic countries with only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria remaining. 2012-02-25
Saboteurs attack an oil pipeline in Nigeria's Niger Delta, shutting in 4,000 barrels a day of crude oil production. 2010-10-29
More than 50 doctors in Edo State, Nigeria go on strike after a colleague is kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. 2010-04-8
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), a militant group in the Niger delta region of Nigeria, announces the end of its unilateral ceasefire. 2010-01-31