Sources: All Africa
Over 280 prisoners escape from a prison in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, due to damage to prison walls caused by heavy floods. 2024-09-15
At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, when gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State, Nigeria. 2024-06-10
South Korea reports its first five cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated couple who travelled from Nigeria and later tested positive, along with two of their family members and a friend. 2021-12-1
The death toll from the massacre yesterday in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria, rises to 110, as more people are found dead and injured victims die of their wounds. It is the deadliest terrorist attack against civilians in Nigeria this year. 2020-11-29
The Nigerian Army announces a cyber warfare operation as protests against police brutality in the country continue. 2020-10-17
Heavy floods, following recent heavy rainfall in Adamawa, Nigeria, kill at least 10 people and displace several hundreds more. 2018-09-13
Two Americans and two Canadians are abducted by unknown gunmen in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Two police officers are killed after engaging in a firefight with the abductors. 2018-01-17
Gunmen kill at least 30 people in an attack on a gold mine in a remote area of Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria. 2016-11-8
Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 15 people at a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu. 2015-10-7
At least 10 people have been killed in a series of bombings and shootings in northeastern Nigeria. 2011-07-3