Sources: Reuters
Hundreds of women protest in the Nigerian capital of Abuja after the National Assembly rejected a series of amendments to the Constitution that would have expanded women's rights and autonomy. The proposed amendments included reserving 35% of all legislative seats and political party leadership positions for women, conferred citizenship to foreign husbands of Nigerian women, and allowing women to inherit the ancestry of their husband after five years of marriage. 2022-03-2
Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall. The resulting crash killed fifteen. 2018-04-18
An estimated 50 people are killed when a suicide bomber attacks a mosque during morning prayers in Mubi, Nigeria. 2017-11-21
Stephen O'Brien, head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, reports that the world is experiencing its most severe humanitarian crisis since World War II, with over 20 million people suffering from severe lack of food security in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Northeast Nigeria. 2017-03-10
175 prisoners in the southern Nigeria town of Akure are freed by armed gunmen who also kill two civilians during the raid. 2013-06-30
Four executions take place in Nigeria, the first since 2006. 2013-06-25
At least six people die in an attack in Ngalda, Yobe State, Nigeria. 2013-02-24
A bomb explodes in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing four people. 2010-12-31
Officials from multinational corporations Royal Dutch Shell and Halliburton are to be questioned in Nigeria in relation to bribery scandals and corruption. 2010-11-30