Sources: Reuters
The death toll from the attack by unknown gunmen in Guma, Benue State, Nigeria, on Saturday increases to over 150, including many who were burned to death. 2025-06-16
Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS "Esbern Snare" opens fire and kills four pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after being fired upon. Four other pirates are detained and taken aboard by Frogman Corps. The incident took place 25 to 30 nautical miles south of the territorial boundary of Nigeria. 2021-11-25
Pupils are kidnapped from a boys' boarding secondary school by an armed gang in Kankara, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2020-12-11
Bandits open fire at a village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Eleven people are killed and many more are injured. 2018-09-13
A bomb explodes at a market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least four people. 2015-05-31
Boko Haram declares an Islamic state in areas of Nigeria under its control. 2014-08-25
Protesters in the Nigerian capital Abuja hold a "million woman" march over the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls by the Boko Haram terrorist group two weeks ago. 2014-04-30
A bomb explodes in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing four people. 2010-12-31
Nigerian police free 15 schoolchildren kidnapped by an armed gang. 2010-10-1
The Supreme Court rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. 2010-06-29