Sources: Reuters
At least 11 police officers are killed in an ambush by armed assailants in Benue State, Nigeria. 2025-09-19
A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least 17 people. 2025-02-5
The monkeypox virus is detected in a person who recently travelled to England from Nigeria. 2022-05-7
The Nigerian government announces that they will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to submit a negative PCR test from the previous 72 hours beginning on December 1. 2021-10-13
The Federal Ministry of Education announces that schools in Nigeria will reopen on January 18. Parents have appealed to the ministry to rescind the decision following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. 2021-01-14
Gunmen kill 19 in Kogi State of Nigeria. A church, a school and other buildings are torched. 2020-01-3
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
Bombings hit the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi, killing at least 26 people. 2014-12-22
Nigeria suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after hundreds of Nigerian women attending the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca were deported for not traveling with a male escort. 2012-09-28
Gunmen attack an oil barge off the Niger Delta in Nigeria, killing two navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners. 2012-08-4