Sources: All Africa
Nigerian Army troops kill five suspected Lakurawa insurgents near Mayama Hill, Kebbi State, Nigeria, and recover a cache of weapons. 2026-02-23
Twenty-one government-backed fighters are killed during an ambush against a convoy in Baure, Katsina State, Nigeria. 2025-01-11
Hundreds of residents flee and government forces withdraw after the town of Marte in Borno State, Nigeria, is captured by Islamic State – West Africa Province militants. The military says it "tactically withdrew" troops, while confirming the town is under insurgent control. 2021-01-16
Gunmen kill 60 to 74 people in villages in the Nigerian state of Sokoto, where similar attacks had occurred on Monday. 2020-05-28
Boko Haram releases most of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls it had kidnapped in February 2018, and warns against sending them back to school. 2018-03-21
The accidental detonation of an explosive device kills 13 vigilantes and injures 53 others near the town of Monguno in northeast Nigeria. The vigilantes were assisting the military in the fight against Boko Haram. 2015-06-18
A bomb explodes at a market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least four people. 2015-05-31
Three explosions and gunfire are heard in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri after suspected Islamist sect Boko Haram attack police stations. 2011-06-7
A curfew is imposed on two villages in southeastern Nigeria's Cross River State following communal violence which killed 30 people. 2010-10-26
Opposition parties in Nigeria raise their concerns over "missing" President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been at a hospital in Saudi Arabia for six weeks. 2010-01-5