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At least 31 people are killed and 37 others are injured when a tank truck overturns, explodes and catches fire in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan.
2022-12-18

Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State, Nigeria.
2022-11-11

Islamist militants attack a prison near Abuja, Nigeria, freeing 879 of the medium-security prison's 994 inmates. One prison guard is killed and three others are injured in the attack.
2022-07-6

A man is publicly lynched by a mob of 200 people in the Nigerian capital city Abuja after he gets into a "heated argument" with a local Islamic cleric.
2022-06-4

A Nigerian Air Force King Air 350 military plane crashes on approach to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, killing all seven people on board.
2021-02-21

The African Land Forces Summit opens in Abuja, Nigeria. Present are military delegations from 30 African nations plus representatives from Europe and the United States.
2018-05-1

Protesters in the Nigerian capital Abuja hold a "million woman" march over the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls by the Boko Haram terrorist group two weeks ago.
2014-04-30

A building collapse in Abuja, Nigeria sees further rescue efforts; at least 14 people are known to have died.
2010-08-13

Hundreds of angry women dressed in black march though the streets of Abuja and Jos following the recent massacre in Nigeria.
2010-03-11

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua gives his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia to the BBC, saying he hopes to return home soon as protests in the capital Abuja demand an end to the political situation.
2010-01-12