Sources: BBC
Nigeria's anti-graft agency issues an arrest warrant for former petroleum minister Timipre Sylva on charges of conspiracy and fraud of US$14.85 million allocated by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board for a refinery project. 2025-11-10
Nineteen armed bandits, two soldiers and a vigilante are killed in a shootout in Shanono, Kano State, Nigeria. 2025-11-4
Nigeria receives two million doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine donated by the European Union. 2022-02-7
A group of bandits attack a village in the Shinkafi local government area of Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least 34 civilians. The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians indiscriminately, later burning down homes. 2019-06-16
According to Médecins Sans Frontières, more than 1,200 people have died of starvation and illness at a refugee camp for those fleeing Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. 2016-06-23
Pirates attack a Polish-owned cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping its captain and four crew. Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said the as yet unidentified kidnappers have made no demands so far and Poland was currently liaising with Nigerian authorities. 2015-11-27
Two teenage girl suicide bombers kill more than 40 people in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. 2014-11-25
At least four people, including Modu Fannami Gubio, a former opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate for governor in Borno, Nigeria, are shot dead in Maiduguri. 2011-01-28
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurates a new Cabinet. 2010-04-6