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Security forces open fire at a pro-Palestine march organized by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, killing five people and arresting 19 more. A policeman is killed in the subsequent clashes.
2025-03-29

At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos, Nigeria.
2023-01-29

Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra, Nigeria.
2022-09-12

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

Kidnapped Auxiliary Bishop Moses Chikwe, of the Owerri Archdiocese in Nigeria, is freed by his captors. Kidnapped last Sunday, police allege that no ransom is paid. International condemnation includes Pope Francis, during his new year message calling for Bishop Chikwe's release. While in Imo state, a Catholic women's organization, stage a peaceful protest at the Imo state government house, calling on Governor Hope Uzodinma, to quicken action for the release of the Auxiliary Bishop.
2021-01-4

Nigeria bans international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger for allegedly providing food and medicine for Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country. Action Against Hunger denies the Nigerian military's accusations.
2019-09-20

In Nigeria, a clash between the military and Islamic extremists leaves at least 185 people dead.
2013-04-21

Gunmen kill seven guards guarding a marketplace in Yobe State, Nigeria.
2013-02-26

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill three doctors in the northeastern Nigerian region of Yobe. Their nationality is disputed, with reports suggesting they are South Korean, North Korean or Chinese.
2013-02-10

Gun battles in Nigeria between government troops and Islamist Boko Haram militants kill 68 people.
2011-12-24