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At least 180 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a gasoline tanker overturns and explodes in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria.
2024-10-16

The 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rapid transit system begins service in Lagos, Nigeria, after being delayed since 1983.
2023-09-4

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

At least 50 people are killed and 30 others injured when a pipeline catches fire and explodes in southeast Nigeria.
2018-10-13

Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe.
2015-03-28

175 prisoners in the southern Nigeria town of Akure are freed by armed gunmen who also kill two civilians during the raid.
2013-06-30

Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, the Governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state dies in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa state, together with former national security adviser General Owoye Andrew Azazi and other senior officials.
2012-12-15

Gun battles in Nigeria between government troops and Islamist Boko Haram militants kill 68 people.
2011-12-24

At least 10 people have been killed in a series of bombings and shootings in northeastern Nigeria.
2011-07-3