322 notable events in Nigeria — massacres, wars and terror attacks. Page 1 of 4.
- Boko Haram
date unknown · Terrorism
- Boko Haram insurgency
from Jul 26, 2009 · War & armed conflict
- Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
Apr 14, 2014 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
date unknown · Epidemic & disease
- 2025 United States strikes in Nigeria
Dec 25, 2025 · Attack (other)
- Niger Delta
date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
- Ibadan forest of horror
date unknown · Massacre
- Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021)
May 14, 2021–May 19, 2021 · War & armed conflict
- Benin Expedition of 1897
Feb 9, 1897–Feb 21, 1897 · War & armed conflict
- 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
Jan 15, 1966–Jan 16, 1966 · War & armed conflict
- 1966 anti-Igbo pogrom
from May 1966 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Killing of Mene Ogidi
Apr 26, 2026 · Murder & homicide
- Dana Air Flight 0992
Jun 3, 2012 · Aviation accident
- Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
Dec 10, 2005 · Aviation accident
- Conflict in the Niger Delta
from Mar 12, 2003 · War & armed conflict
- Women's War
Nov 1929 · Riot & unrest
- EAS Airlines Flight 4226
May 4, 2002 · Aviation accident
- Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
from 1998 · War & armed conflict
- 1973 Kano Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 crash
Jan 22, 1973 · Aviation accident
- 2009 Boko Haram uprising
Jul 26, 2009–Jul 29, 2009 · War & armed conflict
- Environmental issues in the Niger Delta
date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
- Bellview Airlines Flight 210
Oct 22, 2005 · Aviation accident
- ADC Airlines Flight 053
Oct 29, 2006 · Aviation accident
- 2026 Kwara State attacks
Feb 3, 2026 · Terrorism
- Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
date unknown · Terrorism
- Asaba massacre
Oct 5, 1967–Oct 7, 1967 · Massacre
- 1993 Nigerian coup d'état
Nov 17, 1993 · War & armed conflict
- Lynching of Deborah Yakubu
May 12, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Lekki shooting
Oct 20, 2020 · Massacre
- ADC Airlines Flight 086
Nov 7, 1996 · Aviation accident
- 2015 Baga massacre
Jan 3, 2015–Jan 7, 2015 · Massacre
- Aluu Four lynching
Oct 5, 2012 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2014 Gamboru Ngala massacre
May 5, 2014 · Massacre
- Killing of twins in Nigeria
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Owo church attack
Jun 5, 2022 · Bombing & explosion
- Reduction of Lagos
Nov 25, 1851–Dec 30, 1851 · War & armed conflict
- Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping
Feb 19, 2018 · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash
Sep 26, 1992 · Aviation accident
- Obafemi Awolowo University massacre
Jul 10, 1999 · Massacre
- 2002 Lagos armoury explosion
Jan 27, 2002 · Bombing & explosion
- Kidnapping in Nigeria
date unknown · Kidnapping & hostage
- Papiri kidnapping
Nov 2025 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Nigeria Airways Flight 925
Nov 20, 1969 · Aviation accident
- February 2014 Buni Yadi massacre
Feb 25, 2014 · Massacre
- 2026 Maiduguri bombings
Mar 16, 2026 · Terrorism
- Yelwa massacre
2004 · Massacre
- Nigeria Airways Flight 357
Nov 13, 1995 · Aviation accident
- 1976 Nigerian coup attempt
Feb 13, 1976 · War & armed conflict
- 1975 Nigerian coup d'état
Jul 29, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- 1990 Nigerian coup attempt
Apr 22, 1990 · War & armed conflict
- 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
Aug 27, 1985 · War & armed conflict
- Odi massacre
Nov 20, 1999 · Massacre
- Abagana ambush
Mar 31, 1968 · War & armed conflict
- 2015 Zaria massacre
Dec 12, 2015 · Massacre
- Murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole
Jan 1, 2022 · Murder & homicide
- Nigerian energy supply crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- 1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
1998 · Bombing & explosion
- 2023 Plateau State massacres
Dec 25, 2023 · Massacre
- 2025 Nigeria floods
2025 · Natural disaster
- Abeokuta Women's Revolt
Jan 1, 1946 · Riot & unrest
- Nigeria Airways Flight 250
Nov 28, 1983 · Aviation accident
- OPL 245 bribery affair
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 2001 Jos riots
Sep 1, 2001 · Riot & unrest
- Synagogue Church building collapse
Sep 12, 2014 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1992 Zangon Kataf crises
Feb 6, 1992–May 17, 1992 · Massacre
- Abuja–Kaduna train attack
Mar 28, 2022 · Shooting
- 2022 Zamfara massacres
Jan 6, 2022 · Massacre
- Bussa rebellion
Jun 1915 · War & armed conflict
- 2010 Jos riots
Jan 17, 2010 · Riot & unrest
- Bauchi prison break
Sep 7, 2010 · Attack (other)
- Oyo State coup attempt
Apr 13, 2024 · War & armed conflict
- Nigeria Airways Flight 9805
Dec 19, 1994 · Aviation accident
- Kankara kidnapping
Dec 11, 2020 · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2025 Mokwa flood
from May 28, 2025 · Natural disaster
- Mamudo school massacre
Jul 6, 2013 · Massacre
- Jilli massacre
Apr 11, 2026 · Massacre
- 2022 Nigeria floods
2022 · Natural disaster
- 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre
Nov 18, 1949 · Massacre
- Yelwata massacre
Jun 13, 2025–Jun 14, 2025 · Massacre
- 2011 Abuja United Nations bombing
Aug 26, 2011 · Terrorism
- Adubi War
Jul 1918 · War & armed conflict
- 1980 Kano riot
Dec 18, 1980–Dec 29, 1980 · Riot & unrest
- 2021 Lagos high-rise collapse
Nov 1, 2021 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2023 Nigerian currency crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- Kuriga kidnapping
Mar 7, 2024 · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash
Jun 24, 1956 · Aviation accident
- Associated Aviation Flight 361
Oct 3, 2013 · Aviation accident
- 2000 Kaduna riots
May 23, 2000 · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Cynthia Okogosu
Jul 21, 2012 · Murder & homicide
- January 2012 Northern Nigeria attacks
Jan 20, 2012 · Terrorism
- Christmas 2011 Nigeria attacks
Dec 25, 2011 · Terrorism
- Sokoto hostage rescue attempt
Mar 8, 2012 · Kidnapping & hostage
- 2021 Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air crash
May 21, 2021 · Aviation accident
- Agbekoya
1968–1969 · Riot & unrest
- 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion
Oct 15, 2024 · Bombing & explosion
- Killings in Southern Kaduna
2011–2023 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2014 Kano attack
Nov 28, 2014 · Terrorism
- 2008 Jos riots
Nov 29, 2008 · Riot & unrest
- 2025 Katsina mosque attack
Aug 19, 2025 · Massacre
- Koshebe massacre
Nov 28, 2020 · Massacre