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Twelve people are killed and seven are rescued in a boat crash in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
2023-08-24

Nigerian Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari dies from COVID-19 in Lagos. Kyari is the highest profile person to die from the virus in Nigeria so far. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 493 total cases and 17 deaths from COVID-19.
2020-04-17

Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall. The resulting crash killed fifteen.
2018-04-18

At least 30 people are killed after Boko Haram militants attack three villages in Nigeria's northeast Borno state.
2015-12-15

Triple explosions kill at least 80 people and injure 150 in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
2015-09-20

The Nigerian Army kills 14 suspected Boko Haram members in a raid on a building, with the death of one soldier and the capture of a potential suicide bomber in a car full of explosives in the northern city of Kano.
2013-03-31

Men on motorbikes storm a primary school in Nigeria and open fire wounding four teachers.
2013-03-13

Gunmen kill eight people in an attack on a police station and a bank in northeastern Nigeria.
2013-03-5

Islamist militant group Boko Haram raid a prison in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, freeing 721 inmates.
2010-09-9

Acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan signs the country's 4.6 trillion naira budget for 2010 into law.
2010-04-22