Sources: BBC
At least 76 people are killed after a boat carrying people fleeing floodwater capsizes in Anambra State, Nigeria. 2022-10-8
ISWAP jihadists attack an army convoy and base in Mainok, Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 31 soldiers. 2021-04-26
Voting is delayed in Nigeria for a week, hours before polling was due to start because of violent incidents in the lead up to the election. 2019-02-16
Over the last week, a meningitis outbreak has killed at least 140 people in Nigeria. 2017-03-28
According to a civilian vigilante, 20 people are killed after Boko Haram militants open fire on cars outside a village in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state. 2015-10-21
Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. 2015-02-13
The death toll from a collapse of T. B. Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations on Friday in the Ikotun area of the Nigerian largest city Lagos reaches 40. 2014-09-14
Boko Haram militants rampage through three villages in northern Nigeria killing 28 people. 2014-05-24
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, the Governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state dies in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa state, together with former national security adviser General Owoye Andrew Azazi and other senior officials. 2012-12-15
At least 39 people are killed and many injured in a series of attacks against churches in Nigeria during Christmas prayers. The Islamic group Boko Haram claims responsibility. 2011-12-25