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At least 51 people are killed in escalating clashes between rival herders in Plateau State, Nigeria, while another 2,000 people are displaced, according to Amnesty International.
2025-04-14

Nigerian police say that unknown militants have kidnapped a prelate in Abia State.
2022-05-30

Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Ohaji-Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria.
2022-04-23

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

Twitter suspends the account of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for 12 hours for posting a tweet invoking the violence of the Nigerian Civil War, where he fought as a major general, in his threats against the Biafran separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Authorities blame IPOB for a recent series of attacks on government buildings in Rivers State.
2021-06-2

At least seven police officers are killed in a shooting spree in Rivers State, Nigeria.
2021-05-7

Authorities say that heavily-armed gunmen attacked a prison in Owerri, Imo, freeing more than 1,800 prisoners. Police accuse the banned separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra of being the attackers. The group denies the allegations, calling them "lies".
2021-04-5

Amnesty International reports Nigerian security forces have killed more 150 pro-Biafra demonstrators since August 2015.
2016-11-24

Amnesty International reports that this year at least 149 have died, including children, in a military detention center, Giwa barracks, in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
2016-05-11

Amnesty International condemns Sunday's execution, in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, of 18 people, some of whom were from Chad, Egypt and Nigeria.
2010-06-2