Nigeria
Four executions take place in Nigeria, the first since 2006.
Sources: BBC
Sources: BBC
The death toll from the flooding caused by torrential rain in Mokwa, Nigeria, increases to over 200.
A group of gunmen kidnap students from Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria.
At least 56 are killed and 70 wounded in a twin suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria.
An oil tanker in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria, explodes after crashing, leaving around 90-115 dead.
At least 10 people have been killed in a series of bombings and shootings in northeastern Nigeria.