Sources: All Africa
Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS "Esbern Snare" opens fire and kills four pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after being fired upon. Four other pirates are detained and taken aboard by Frogman Corps. The incident took place 25 to 30 nautical miles south of the territorial boundary of Nigeria. 2021-11-25
Three men are fined by a court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, for hijacking the oil tanker MV "Elobey VI" off the coast of Equatorial Guinea and holding the crew hostage for US$200,000 in March. They are the first people to be convicted under Nigeria's new anti-piracy law. 2020-08-11
Nigerian spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after anti-corruption agents uncovered more than $43 million in cash at his flat in Lagos. 2017-04-19
Two female suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18. 2016-03-16
Suicide bombers kill at least 32 people and injure 66 others in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. 2016-01-25
Over 42 people are shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in two attacks on villages in Nigeria's Borno state. 2015-06-24
A bombing at a football match in the town on Mubi in northeastern Nigeria kills at least 40 people. 2014-06-1
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
Nigeria intercepts a weapons shipment including artillery rockets, originating in Iran, after Israeli officials accused Iran of trying to smuggle the weapons into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. 2010-10-31