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
Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northern Nigerian town of Damasak, most likely killed by Boko Haram. 2015-04-27
News emerges, after survivors reach the city of Maiduguri, that suspected Boko Haram militants stormed the remote village of Gumsuri in north-eastern Nigeria on December 14, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping about 200. 2014-12-18
A bomb blast in Nigeria's Gombe State kills at least 4 people and injures 32. 2014-10-31
An anti-LGBT rights law that makes gay marriage punishable by up to 14 years in prison is passed in Nigeria. 2014-01-15
Gunmen kill 30 people in the central Nigerian village of Shonong in the Riyom local government area. 2014-01-6
Islamic extremists kill 42 people, mainly students, in an attack on the Government Secondary School boarding school in the Nigerian town of Mamudo in Yobe state. 2013-07-6
Nigeria accuses the international community of taking action in Libya while doing little to resolve the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. 2011-03-22
The government of Nigeria opens two swollen dams in Jigawa State, displacing two million people. 2010-09-24