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At least two people are killed and 37 more are rescued during a building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria.
2023-08-23

Islamist militants attack a prison near Abuja, Nigeria, freeing 879 of the medium-security prison's 994 inmates. One prison guard is killed and three others are injured in the attack.
2022-07-6

Nigeria reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a traveller following the routine travel test required of all international travellers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja.
2021-07-8

Hundreds of followers from the Shia group Islamic Movement for Nigeria were out on the streets in Abuja to demand the release of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been detained since 2015. Police opened fire and killed eleven protesters and a journalist. A police officer was also killed in the fight.
2019-07-22

The African Land Forces Summit opens in Abuja, Nigeria. Present are military delegations from 30 African nations plus representatives from Europe and the United States.
2018-05-1

A car bomb attack in the Nigerian capital Abuja kills at least nine people.
2014-05-1

Seven people are killed in Nigeria after a suicide bomber detonates a bomb in his car. The attacks took place in Abuja, at the "This Day" newspaper offices.
2012-04-26

As many as ten people are feared dead after a bomb explodes at a United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria.
2011-08-26

A bomb explodes in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing four people.
2010-12-31

President of Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua does not attend a cabinet meeting in Abuja after his arrival home from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan chairs instead.
2010-03-3