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Nigerian police arrest six suspects after an ambush in Benue State kills eleven officers.
2025-09-21

The death toll from clashes between cattle herders and farmers earlier this week in Benue State, Nigeria, rises to 56.
2025-04-19

Two people are killed and two others are injured in an IED attack at a school near Abuja, Nigeria, with police identifying three men as suspects in bringing the device to the site.
2025-01-6

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

Armed Fulani herdsmen kill 23 people in Benue State, Nigeria.
2022-04-12

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

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

Over ten people are killed during a demonstration against the police force of Nigeria.
2020-10-15

Nigerian Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu bans the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other tactical units from engaging in stop-and-search operations at traffic stops and from setting up roadblocks, as well as mandating that all police officers wear uniforms while on-duty, in response to mounting allegations of agents unlawfully arresting and torturing suspects.
2020-10-4

Gunmen kill a Nigerian driver and kidnap seven people near Calabar, Nigeria. The group, which was escorted by a security pickup that reportedly had four armed policemen, includes five expatriate and two Nigerian contractors working for Macmahon Holdings' United Cement Company plant in the Akpabuyo district. Police report two of the workers escaped. Police commissioner Jimoh Ozi-Obeh says no ransom has been received.
2016-06-22