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Eight people are killed and ten others are kidnapped after Islamic extremists attacked a group of farmers in Mafa, Borno State, Nigeria.
2023-06-22

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

Twenty people are killed and at least one other is injured when a minibus collides with a vehicle in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
2022-04-20

The Governor of Osun State, Nigeria, Gboyega Oyetola, escapes an assassination attempt. As he addressed a crowd, gunmen, also carrying machetes and throwing rocks, attacked his position. According to authorities, he was unharmed, but some of his bodyguards were injured.
2020-10-18

Nigerian spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari after anti-corruption agents uncovered more than $43 million in cash at his flat in Lagos.
2017-04-19

Cameroon’s army, backed by a regional taskforce, has killed at least 100 members of the militant Islamist Boko Haram group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the west African country’s defence ministry has said. Regional taskforce conducts sweep along border with Nigeria.
2015-12-2

The Nigerian People's Democratic Party wins the governorship in Adamawa State.
2012-02-5

A parliamentary election is to take place in Nigeria, but is postponed to 4 April as voting materials did not arrive on time.
2011-04-2

Riot police are deployed to the streets of Jos in central Nigeria following clashes between ethnic groups and a bombing on Christmas Eve.
2010-12-27

Between 100 and 150 bodies are found stuffed in wells in the village of Kuru following religious clashes in Jos, Nigeria.
2010-01-23