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Four people are killed after a building collapse in Lagos, Nigeria.
2022-05-21

Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school.
2022-04-21

At least 29 people, mostly schoolchildren, drown after an overloaded boat capsizes in Bagwai, Kano State, Nigeria.
2021-12-1

At least 20 people are killed as gunmen open fire at a market and torch cars in Sokoto, Nigeria.
2021-10-9

Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed announces that the government is indefinitely suspending Twitter's operations in the country, saying that the social media service is being used for "activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence". The move comes two days after President Muhammadu Buhari was temporarily suspended from Twitter for posting an inflammatory tweet directed at groups believed to be responsible for attacking government buildings in recent weeks.
2021-06-4

A pipeline explosion causes a fire and destroys dozens of buildings in Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 15 people.
2020-03-15

Eleven (11) of 15 United Nations Security Council members approve placing North Korea's human rights record on the Council's agenda. Russia and China oppose the decision while Chad and Nigeria abstain. This is the first time this issue has been debated by the Security Council. Procedurally, once a topic makes the agenda, that issue can be brought up again at any time.
2014-12-22

Gunmen kill 30 people in the central Nigerian village of Shonong in the Riyom local government area.
2014-01-6

In Nigeria, a clash between the military and Islamic extremists leaves at least 185 people dead.
2013-04-21

Two German men held in Abia State, Nigeria are released six days after being seized on a swim.
2010-04-24