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More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered.
2024-10-2

Forty-eight people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a truck in Agaie, Niger State, Nigeria.
2024-09-8

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 13 farmers in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria.
2024-08-22

At least 28 people are killed during a boat accident in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. The boat carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized along the Niger River.
2023-09-10

Multiple people are killed and 10 others are abducted after gunmen storm a hospital in Niger State, Nigeria.
2022-10-18

At least 30 people are killed in an ambush in Shiroro, Niger State, Nigeria.
2022-07-2

Four people are confirmed dead and 156 more are reported missing after a ferry traveling between Niger State and Kebbi, Nigeria, sinks in the Niger River.
2021-05-26

All 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria, on February 17 are released by their captors.
2021-02-27

A school pupil is killed and 27 others are kidnapped from their school in the early hours in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. Three staff members and 12 of their relatives are also abducted. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
2021-02-17

The President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the states of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau due to violence by the Islamist sect Boko Haram. [http:--www.abc.net.au-news-2012-01-01-nigeria-declares-state-of-emergency-3753958 (AFP via ABC News Australia)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019 Nigeria shuts borders with the countries Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. [http:--www.thenationonlineng.net-2011-index.php-news-update-31740-jonathan-declares-state-of-emergency-in-borno-yobe-plateau-and-niger-states.html (The Nation)][https:--web.archive.org-web-20120107132718-http:--www.sunnewsonline.com-webpages-news-national-2012-jan-01-national-01-01-2012-001.html (The Sun)]Clashes in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria kill at least fifty people. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20111231-wl_nm-us_nigeria_clashes (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019
2011-12-31