Sources: All Africa
Gunmen kill at least 29 people in an attack on a community in Adamawa State, Nigeria, with authorities attributing the violence to Boko Haram. 2026-04-26
Three people are shot after armed forces open fire at a reunion of students, kidnapped in Zamfara a week ago, and their parents in Jangebe, Nigeria, while the parents protest the kidnapping. 2021-03-3
An Islamic school in the Nigerian town of Bukuru collapses with at least four students killed and 40 injured. 2015-09-13
Nigerian drug agents arrest senator-elect Buruji Kashamu for extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in a drug deal 20 years ago that is claimed to be the basis for the television show "Orange is the New Black". 2015-05-23
12 Nigerian policemen are missing and presumed dead after their boat was ambushed by militants in the Niger Delta region. 2013-04-7
A bomb is thrown into an Arabic school in southern Nigeria's Delta State, injuring seven people. 2011-12-28
Hundreds of soldiers are deployed to Aba in southern Nigeria after the kidnapping of 15 school children by an armed gang. 2010-09-30
The government of Nigeria opens two swollen dams in Jigawa State, displacing two million people. 2010-09-24
Nigerian gunmen take two German men, from Port Harcourt and Lagos, in Abia State. 2010-04-18
Nigeria charges with murder 49 of the 200 people it has arrested so far following the recent massacre of civilians near Jos. 2010-03-10