Sources: Reuters
A Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly kills ten civilians in Sokoto State, Nigeria, during a bombing raid targeting armed groups in the state, according to state governor Ahmad Aliyu. 2024-12-26
At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State, Nigeria. 2024-06-10
Seven people are killed as Islamist insurgents attack a village in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. 2022-05-3
At least 25 people are killed during an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery in Rivers State, Nigeria. Children are among the victims. 2021-10-22
Twenty Boko Haram militants and three Nigerian Army soldiers are killed during a gunfight as the military has tried to recapture the Nigerian town of Maiduguri. 2021-10-16
A group of gunmen kidnap students from Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria. 2021-04-20
At least 56 are killed and 70 wounded in a twin suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria. 2016-12-9
Australia withdraws its ambassador after eight people including Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, an Indonesian, four Nigerians, and two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are executed. 2015-04-29
11 Islamist militants are killed in a shootout in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. 2012-01-28