Sources: All Africa
Two police officers are killed and three others are injured in an attack in Abuja, Nigeria. A police spokesperson says that the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria was responsible for the attack. 2024-08-25
The Nigerian government announces that Nigeria will develop a vaccine for lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the lassa virus. 2022-07-19
Gunmen kidnap 18 villagers in Kaduna State, Nigeria, including seven children, according to a community leader. 2021-09-7
Across eight villages in Kebbi State, Nigeria, 88 people are killed. 2021-06-3
Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria. 2018-10-31
At least 60 are killed in a collapse of a church in Uyo, Nigeria. 2016-12-10
Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. 2015-02-13
An explosion at an army barrack in northern Nigeria kills 12 people. 2011-05-30
1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive the award, launches a political party ahead of Nigeria's upcoming presidential election. 2010-09-25
163 people die from lead poisoning in Zamfara State, Nigeria: confirmed cases being treated number 355. 2010-06-4