Sources: BBC
In Kebbi State, Nigeria, 45 people are found dead following the sinking of a boat yesterday. More than 100 others are still missing. 2021-05-27
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
A building in Lagos, Nigeria, collapses, killing ten people and leaving more than 100 others trapped under the rubble. 2019-03-13
Boko Haram militants rampage through three villages in northern Nigeria killing 28 people. 2014-05-24
Gunmen kill 12 people in a raid on a Northeastern Nigerian village. 2013-11-23
Thirty-three are killed in an attack in Nigeria's Plateau State. 2013-06-28
Gunmen seize a Nigerian-owned, Panama-flagged tanker with crew off the coast of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. 2013-01-21
Gunmen attack Christian villages in northern Nigeria, killing dozens of people. 2012-07-8
Several explosions are reported near a Christian service at Bayero University Kano in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, with at least 16 people killed. 2012-04-29
The death toll of a series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, rises to more than 140. The attacks, which targeted police stations across the city, are attributed to Islamist group Boko Haram. 2012-01-21