Sources: BBC
At least 30 people are killed and others kidnapped by armed bandits in a raid on a village market in Borgu, Niger State, Nigeria. The market was also looted of food before being set on fire. 2026-01-3
Around 200 fighters are killed in clashes between Boko Haram and ISWAP near Lake Chad in Nigeria. 2025-11-9
At least 49 people are killed and more than 40,000 people are displaced after heavy rains caused floods in Adamawa, Jigawa, and Taraba states, Nigeria. 2024-08-26
At least 50 people are killed in a mass shooting and bombing inside a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria. 2022-06-5
Six people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility. 2022-04-20
Up to 100 people die in an explosion at an LPG gas plant in Nnewi, Anambra, in southern Nigeria. Sources indicate the accident was caused by a truck discharging its contents before the mandatory cooling time had expired. 2015-12-24
Nigerian voters elect Muhammadu Buhari (who previously ruled as a military dictator in 1983-1985) of the All Progressives Congress as the next President of Nigeria. 2015-03-31
The Nigerian-based militant group seizes control of the northeastern town of Chibok, Borno State. 2014-11-13
Nigeria accuses the international community of taking action in Libya while doing little to resolve the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. 2011-03-22
Between 100 and 150 bodies are found stuffed in wells in the village of Kuru following religious clashes in Jos, Nigeria. 2010-01-23