Sources: Reuters
Twelve people are killed and seven are rescued in a boat crash in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. 2023-08-24
Nigeria reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a traveller following the routine travel test required of all international travellers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja. 2021-07-8
The death toll of a cholera outbreak in Yobe and Borno, Nigeria, rises to 97. 2018-09-22
The death toll from yesterday's church collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, rises to 160 with the death toll expected to rise further. 2016-12-11
Chadian soldiers kill over 200 Boko Haram fighters in a clash near the town of Garambu, close to Nigeria's border with Cameroon. One Chad Army soldier is killed and nine wounded. 2015-02-24
Iranian man Azim Aghajani is convicted in Nigeria of attempting to smuggle weapons to The Gambia. He is sentenced to five years imprisonment. 2013-05-13
At least 45 people drown and 60 are missing after a boat carrying Nigerian migrants capsizes and sinks off shore from Libreville, Gabon. 2013-03-21
Explosions are reported in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. 2012-02-22
The death toll from recent violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, rises to 80. Islamist group Boko Haram claims responsibility for the deadly Christmas Eve bombings in the city. 2010-12-28
Acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan signs the country's 4.6 trillion naira budget for 2010 into law. 2010-04-22