Sources: BBC
Over 280 prisoners escape from a prison in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods. 2024-09-15
Three people are killed and 77 others are injured in an explosion caused by explosives stored for use in illegal mining operations at several buildings in Ibadan, Nigeria. 2024-01-17
Several miners including four Chinese nationals are kidnapped by terrorists in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria. 2022-06-29
Maryland reports their first case of monkeypox in a resident who traveled from Nigeria. 2021-11-16
A roadside bomb planted at a bus station near the town of Mubi in northeastern Nigeria kills 40, including 5 soldiers. 2014-11-27
A bombing at a football match in the town on Mubi in northeastern Nigeria kills at least 40 people. 2014-06-1
A bomb blast in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 12 people and injures 25. 2011-05-29
As many as 40 people are killed due to a fiery collision between a lorry load of sugar and a police checkpoint in Nigeria. 2010-08-16
The Supreme Court rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. 2010-06-29
Nigeria recalls its ambassador to Libya after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi suggests the country be partitioned into two separate Christian and Muslim nations. 2010-03-18