Sources: BBC
Gunmen kidnap 25 female students from and kill the vice principal of a secondary school in Maga, Kebbi State, Nigeria. 2025-11-17
At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara State, Nigeria. 2025-09-26
At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria. 2023-06-13
A court in Nigeria grants 47 men another delay in their trial over homosexuality and public displays of affection with members of the same sex. Judge Rilwan Aikawa says it is the last accepted delay at the Lagos court. The men face up to 10-year imprisonment if convicted in a closely watched trial. 2020-02-5
A twin bombing near a mosque kills at least 26 people in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. 2015-10-15
Boko Haram attacks the village of Alagarno, in Nigeria's Borno State, killing 17 people. 2014-05-21
Gunmen attack Christian villages in northern Nigeria, killing dozens of people. 2012-07-8
British Prime Minister David Cameron announces that two engineers β Briton Chris McManus and Italian Franco Lamolinara β who were abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria in May 2011 were killed during a rescue attempt by British and Nigerian forces. 2012-03-8
An explosion at an army barrack in northern Nigeria kills 12 people. 2011-05-30
1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive the award, launches a political party ahead of Nigeria's upcoming presidential election. 2010-09-25