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Boko Haram jihadists storm Pemi, a Christian village in Borno State, Nigeria, shooting people and burning down a church and a hospital, killing at least 11 civilians. A priest is kidnapped.
2020-12-24

A suicide bombing kills at least 24 people at a mosque in Mubi, Nigeria. Boko Haram are suspected of being behind the attack.
2018-05-1

Around 20 armed robbers attack a police station with guns and a bank with dynamite in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria. The shooting kills nine and the explosion kills seven.
2018-04-5

An estimated 50 people are killed when a suicide bomber attacks a mosque during morning prayers in Mubi, Nigeria.
2017-11-21

The death toll from yesterday's church collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, rises to 160 with the death toll expected to rise further.
2016-12-11

Nigeria's army says it has arrested Khalid al-Barnawi, a leader of the Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru.
2016-04-4

Nigerian writer and literary icon Chinua Achebe dies at the age of 82.
2013-03-21

Nigerian militants belonging to Ansar al-Muslimeen claim responsibility to kidnapping and killing Italian, Greek, and British construction workers in Northern Nigeria.
2013-03-10

A suicide car bombing outside a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi kills 15 people and injures 42 others.
2012-06-3

Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar is chosen to challenge incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling People's Democratic Party nomination in next year's presidential election.
2010-11-22