Sources: Reuters
A school pupil is killed and 27 others are kidnapped from their school in the early hours in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. Three staff members and 12 of their relatives are also abducted. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. 2021-02-17
Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 15 people at a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu. 2015-10-7
Residents of northeast Nigeria claim that Boko Haram has killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in recent attacks. 2015-06-11
A suicide bombing in the city of Maiduguri in the north of Nigeria kills 20 people. 2015-06-2
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
Five people are injured in a bomb explosion near a church in Suleja, Nigeria. 2012-02-19
The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for a series of bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu that have killed at least 63 people. 2011-11-5
An armed group kidnaps at least two Americans, two Frenchmen and a Canadian from a Transocean oil rig in the Okoro Oilfield off the coast of Niger Delta, Nigeria, injuring two others. 2010-11-8
A building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria sees further rescue efforts; at least 14 people are known to have died. 2010-08-13
Two rival Nigerian lawmakers in the National Assembly are injured, with one sustaining a broken arm. 2010-06-22