Sources: BBC
Due to the Alau Dam collapse by heavy floods more than 80% of the animals in the Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria have been killed. 2024-09-11
Seven soldiers are killed and two others are missing after gunmen ambush them in Taraba State, Nigeria. 2022-05-11
The death toll from the massacre yesterday in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, rises to 110, as more people are found dead and injured victims die of their wounds. It is the deadliest terrorist attack against civilians in Nigeria this year. 2020-11-29
The death toll from yesterday's church collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, rises to 160 with the death toll expected to rise further. 2016-12-11
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces the formation of three new missions, each in Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. 2016-01-7
The accidental detonation of an explosive device kills 13 vigilantes and injures 53 others near the town of Monguno in northeast Nigeria. The vigilantes were assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram. 2015-06-18
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatens to launch a terror campaign to "defend Christianity" in Nigeria in response to attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram. 2013-04-16
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill three doctors in the northeastern Nigerian region of Yobe. Their nationality is disputed, with reports suggesting they are South Korean, North Korean or Chinese. 2013-02-10
Nigeria's military kill 13 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and lose one soldier in a gun battle in Maiduguri. 2013-01-1
Algerian US ambassador Abdellah Baali and Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili are upset at the decision of the United States to subject Algerians and Nigerians to tougher-than-usual security tests at airports, saying it is "discrimination" and "risks ties". Both have officially complained. 2010-01-6