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More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat carrying 300 people sinks in the Niger River near Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. At least 150 people are rescued and 16 bodies are recovered.
2024-10-2

The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the ambassadors of France, Germany, Nigeria, and the United States to leave the country. France rejects the ultimatum, claiming they do not recognize its authority, while the US claims it has received no request to withdraw its personnel from Niger.
2023-08-25

Seventy-three children are abducted by armed men at a rural secondary school in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The government of Zamfara State has closed all public schools in order to prevent similar attacks.
2021-09-1

66 people were killed by gunmen in Nigeria's Kaduna State including 34 victims being either women or children. The attack happened one day before the scheduled election before it was delayed another week.
2019-02-15

Gunmen kill 12 people in a raid on a Northeastern Nigerian village.
2013-11-23

Boko Haram rejects the idea of an amnesty offer for militants by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
2013-04-11

Gunmen attack Christian villages in northern Nigeria, killing dozens of people.
2012-07-8

25 people are killed in a bomb assault in the Nigerian town Suleja.
2011-04-7

As many as 30 children die of lead poisoning in northern Nigeria.
2010-08-27

The Nigerian House of Representatives announces the creation of ten new states, five in the north and five in the south, by 2011. [http:--allafrica.com-stories-printable-201004300686.html ("AllAfrica.com")]date=August 2019
2010-04-30