Sources: VOA
Seventeen police trainees and an unknown number of soldiers are killed in a mass shooting by Islamist militants at a specialised military school in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria. 2026-05-15
The Nigerian State Security department arrests Joe Ajaero, the leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress, at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, days after Ajaero criticised the Nigerian government for increasing gas prices. 2024-09-9
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 13 farmers in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria. 2024-08-22
The Nigerian government announces that they will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to submit a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours beginning on December 1. 2021-10-13
Across eight villages in Kebbi State, Nigeria, 88 people are killed. 2021-06-3
Nigeria officially launches a vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with a doctor who has spent the past year treating COVID-19 patients becoming the first person to be vaccinated. 2021-03-5
Pupils are kidnapped from a boys' boarding secondary school by an armed gang in Kankara, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2020-12-11
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group destroy gas and oil pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip in Nigeria. 2016-05-28
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
Nigerian part of Jos is sealed off as police search the city following the discovery of a booby-trap bomb. 2010-07-23