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A bus lost control and crashed in Katsina State, Nigeria, killing nine and injuring 11.
2025-03-30

Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria.
2023-03-3

Ireland reports its first case of the B.1.525 variant first detected in Nigeria.
2021-02-25

ISWAP releases a video showing the execution of five kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria. The International Rescue Committee and Action Against Hunger confirmed the authenticity of the video and condemned the killings of their colleagues.
2020-07-22

Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria.
2018-10-31

Gunmen attack the Ogba Zoo in Benin City, Nigeria, killing three police officers and abduct the zoo's director. There is no information on who the gunmen and abductors are, or whether they have made any demands.
2017-09-25

Gunmen kill a Nigerian driver and kidnap seven people near Calabar, Nigeria. The group, which was escorted by a security pickup that reportedly had four armed policemen, includes five expatriate and two Nigerian contractors working for Macmahon Holdings' United Cement Company plant in the Akpabuyo district. Police report two of the workers escaped. Police commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh says no ransom has been received.
2016-06-22

At least 26 people have been killed in tribal clashes in Nigeria's Plateau State over the past week.
2014-10-12

175 prisoners in the southern Nigeria town of Akure are freed by armed gunmen who also kill two civilians during the raid.
2013-06-30

A suicide bombing in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu kills at least five soldiers.
2012-08-5