Sources: Reuters
The death toll from the stampede at two food distribution events in Abuja and Okija, Nigeria, increases to 32. 2024-12-22
Fourteen people are killed and 24 others are injured when a drunk driver drives into crowds at the annual carnival parade in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2022-12-28
A Nigerian court throws out a case against 47 men for allegedly publicly engaging in same-sex relationships at a Lagos hotel in 2018, claiming a lack of diligence on the prosecutor's part. 2020-10-27
Boko Haram insurgents ambush an oil exploration team in the Magumeri area of Borno State, Nigeria, killing at least 69 people. 2017-07-30
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least eight people in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. 2016-10-29
Nigeria's army says it has arrested Khalid al-Barnawi, a leader of the Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru. 2016-04-4
A teenage girl suicide bomber kills five people and injures fourteen others in the Damaturu area in northeast Nigeria. 2015-08-25
The Chad Army claims to have killed 200 militants and lost nine soldiers in fighting in northern Nigeria. 2015-02-4
Gunmen attack a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, with Boko Haram believed responsible. 2012-01-29
Police in Uganda open fire on a crowd as it attacks a car carrying Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the capital Kampala, killing one person. 2011-05-12