Sources: Reuters
Seven people are killed when a mosque collapses in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. 2023-08-11
Suspected serial killer Gracious David-West confesses to fifteen murders at a hotel in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 2019-09-25
Gunmen kill a Nigerian driver and kidnap seven people near Calabar, Nigeria. The group, which was escorted by a security pickup that reportedly had four armed policemen, includes five expatriate and two Nigerian contractors working for Macmahon Holdings' United Cement Company plant in the Akpabuyo district. Police report two of the workers escaped. Police commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh says no ransom has been received. 2016-06-22
A suicide bomber attacks a church in the Potiskum area of Nigeria's Yobe State, killing five and raising the toll of Boko Haram attacks for the past week to 200. 2015-07-5
A Nigerian warplane involved in operations within Mali crashes in Niger, killing two pilots. 2013-05-7
Suspected members of Boko Haram attack a church in northeastern Nigeria, killing six people. 2012-12-25
Several people are killed in a series of bomb explosions in the city of Kano, Nigeria. 2012-01-20
At least 5 people are killed and at least 10 others are wounded in a bomb attack on a bar in Maiduguri, Nigeria. It follows a bomb that killed 25 people this day last week. 2011-07-3
The government of Nigeria opens two swollen dams in Jigawa State, displacing two million people. 2010-09-24
One of Nigeria's most influential politicians, James Ibori, is arrested on corruption charges in Dubai. 2010-05-13