Sources: Reuters
Nigeria receives 3.94 million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX Initiative, which is the largest delivery so far by the initiative. 2021-03-2
A school pupil is killed and 27 others are kidnapped from their school in the early hours in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. Three staff members and 12 of their relatives are also abducted. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. 2021-02-17
The Nigerian Army announces a cyber warfare operation as protests against police brutality in the country continue. 2020-10-17
Nigerian Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari dies from COVID-19 in Lagos. Kyari is the highest profile person to die from the virus in Nigeria so far. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 493 total cases and 17 deaths from COVID-19. 2020-04-17
Chadian troops rescue 85 hostages from Boko Haram who had been kidnapped in Nigeria and taken over the border into Chad. 2014-08-17
Islamist terror group Boko Haram kills at least 33 security personnel during attacks in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State. 2014-05-26
The Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram attacks a prison in Kogi State freeing 119 inmates. 2012-02-16
As many as 30 children die of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria. 2010-08-27
Nigerian gunmen take two German men, from Port Harcourt and Lagos, in Abia State. 2010-04-18