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British Special Boat Service (SBS) special forces storm the Liberian-registered "Nave Andromeda" after the tanker was suspected to be hijacked by a group of Nigerian stowaways off the Isle of Wight. The 22 crew members were found safe, and the seven suspected hijackers have been detained by British authorities following a 10-hour stand-off.
2020-10-25

Eighteen Indian sailors are abducted near the Nigerian coast.
2019-12-4

The death toll of a cholera outbreak in Yobe and Borno, Nigeria, rises to 97.
2018-09-22

Nigerian Shia Islamic Movement leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, who is detained at an unknown location without charges since December 2015, makes a short public appearance, his first in two years, being allowed to see his doctor.
2018-01-13

Nigerian spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after anti-corruption agents uncovered more than $43 million in cash at his flat in Lagos.
2017-04-19

Four suicide bombers kill at least two people and wound 16 others in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
2017-03-15

Gunmen kidnap four Thai tourists traveling in Nigeria's Rivers State.
2013-08-10

An ocean surge into nearby shanties kills one person and leaves 15 others missing off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.
2012-08-20

An oil tanker in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria, explodes after crashing, leaving around 90-115 dead.
2012-07-12

The Nigerian House of Representatives announces the creation of ten new states, five in the north and five in the south, by 2011. [http:--allafrica.com-stories-printable-201004300686.html ("AllAfrica.com")]date=August 2019
2010-04-30