Sources: All Africa
Nigeria reports that its forces have killed a senior Boko Haram commander known as Abu Khalid, describing him as the group's deputy leader in the Sambisa Forest, and ten other fighters during a raid in Borno State. 2026-02-1
Eleven bandits are killed and several more injured in an ambush by the Nigerian Army in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria. The bandits allegedly planned an attack on a nearby village. 2025-12-11
Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader and presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa at its embassy in Bissau to protect Dias from detention by the military junta. 2025-12-1
At least ten people are killed and 25 others are injured when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office building in Lagos, Nigeria. 2025-09-18
The Netherlands officially returns 119 sculptures from the Benin Bronzes collection that were looted from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Edo State, Nigeria, by British colonial forces. 2025-06-21
Eighteen people are killed and ten more injured in a gasoline tank truck explosion along an expressway in Enugu State, Nigeria. 2025-01-25
Twenty Nigerian soldiers are killed after Boko Haram militants attacks two military positions in Borno, Nigeria. 2020-09-3
Three Boko Haram suicide bombers detonate their devices among a group of football fans, killing 30 people and wounding 40 others, in Konduga, Nigeria. 2019-06-17
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
Nigerian gunmen take two German men, from Port Harcourt and Lagos, in Abia State. 2010-04-18