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Agege | 3 | An armed group kills three in Agege | location: Agege, fatalities: 3 |
Agege | 1 | Gunmen have shot dead the ex-chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The attack occurred during the early morning hours. | location: Agege, fatalities: 1 |
Riyom | 11 | At least 11 people were killed and two churches were razed by gunmen (not identified) who stormed two communities in central Nigerias Plateau State early in the day. Six civilians and five security operatives lost their lives in the attack on Gako and Tanjol communities, both located in the restive Riyom local government area of the central Nigeria state, residents said. | location: Riyom, fatalities: 11 |
Riyom | 3 | Unknown armed men attack and kill three Fulani ethnic herders in an apparent act of revenge. The event occurred in a location known as Fadan Karshi. | location: Riyom, fatalities: 3 |
Riyom | 2 | Two are killed by Fulani militiamen as they fed their cows. | location: Riyom, fatalities: 2 |
Riyom | 2 | Two Fulani boys and a large number of cattle are killed or stolen by unknown known assailants in several villages in Riyom LGA. Precise date of attack(s) unknown. | location: Riyom, fatalities: 2 |
Okehi | 1 | A PDP chief is kidnapped and later discovered murdered by unknown assailants. | location: Okehi, fatalities: 1 |
Obrikom | 5 | Unidentified gunmen attack supporters of APC, including the home of a candidate for the local government area in Obrikom and Obior, killing six (one source counts seven, though police later confirm nine). The politicians home was believe to be Obrikom. | location: Obrikom, fatalities: 5 |
Obrikom | 7 | Unidentified gunmen attack Obrikom and Omoku communities in Rivers, kill 13. | location: Obrikom, fatalities: 7 |
Aluu | 1 | A human rights lawyer was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Aluu. | location: Aluu, fatalities: 1 |
Ago | 1 | A Olabisi Onabanjo University lecturer is shot and killed in his home by unidentified gunmen. Hearing the assailants breaking into his house the lecturer claimed loudly to be armed, but this may have been stated to frighten off the attackers. The reason for the attack is not known. | location: Ago, fatalities: 1 |
Ago | 4 | Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Sunday evening killed four policemen along the Ilishan-Ago-Iwoye Road in Ogun State. | location: Ago, fatalities: 4 |
Akure | 1 | Unknown men murder a 14 year-old girl in Akure in a ritualistic fashion. [women targeted: girls] | location: Akure, fatalities: 1 |
Akure | 0 | A group angry of the death of a young boy in a an Akure churches septic tank attempts to lynch the pastor and set the building alight before they are stopped by authorities. | location: Akure, fatalities: 0 |
Akure | 1 | A police officer was shot and killed by armed robbers in Akure. | location: Akure, fatalities: 1 |
Akure | 0 | Business and commercial activities in Akure, the Ondo State capital, were halted as armed supporters of the gubernatorial candidate of the AAPC, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, and those of Engineer Olusegun Abraham, who was defeated at the primary poll, fought. It was learnt that trouble started when some youths stormed the APC secretariat in the morning, demanding resignation of the National Chairman of the APC. | location: Akure, fatalities: 0 |
Gusau | 2 | Armed men kill two civilians in their automobile along the Gusau-Funtua highway outside of the state capital of Zamfara | location: Gusau, fatalities: 2 |
Gusau | 0 | Supporters of rival political parties clash in Gasau | location: Gusau, fatalities: 0 |
Gusau | 0 | PDP and APC politicians clash violently at the Zamfara State House after a legislation disagreement. Injuries not known. | location: Gusau, fatalities: 0 |
Kajuru | 10 | Unidentified clan militia attacks Fulani civilians in Kajuru LGA. The date of the attack not known - likely during the month of October, though the attack could have occurred in September. Causalities likely. | location: Kajuru, fatalities: 10 |
Kajuru | 5 | A Fulani group attacks a Kadara village of Ungwan Uka in retaliation for the vigilante killing of a suspected Fulani criminal in Banono last week. Five deaths reported. In turn, Kadara youths mobilized the following day and attacked a Fulani settlement twice, killing 22. Vanguard claims 37 dead total over the multi-day affair. | location: Kajuru, fatalities: 5 |
Kajuru | 3 | Gunmen kill three police officers when they attack a divisional headquarters. | location: Kajuru, fatalities: 3 |
Alagbado-Ile | 1 | Unidentified gunmen attack the home of a traditional ruler, assault and kill his son. | location: Alagbado-Ile, fatalities: 1 |
Ukanafun | 2 | Unidentified gunmen assassinated a youth leader and an attorney in Ukanafun. The reason for the attack is not known. | location: Ukanafun, fatalities: 2 |
Ukanafun | 1 | Suspected assassins have killed the village head of Ikot Anta Eneng Obom in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. | location: Ukanafun, fatalities: 1 |
Shagamu | 10 | Armed men kill 10 in buses outside Shagamu | location: Shagamu, fatalities: 10 |
Shagamu | 5 | Five police are shot dead by armed men at the Nigeria-Benin border. Their aim | location: Shagamu, fatalities: 5 |
Shagamu | 1 | Security forces guarding a petroleum pipeline clash with police forces, one dead. The clash began after the security forces began impounding illegally parked vehicles around the facility, which led to a confrontation with police. | location: Shagamu, fatalities: 1 |
Zonkwa | 2 | On the evening of November 3, 2011, gunmen opened fire on worshipers in a Catholic church in the village of Tabak, killing two women and injuring 12 others. | location: Zonkwa, fatalities: 2 |
Zonkwa | 286 | Reports of clashes between Christian mob, mainly from the Bajju ethnic group, and Fulani Muslim group in Zonkwa, leading to property on each side of the religious divide being burnt down or destroyed and leaving an unidentified number of people killed. Police shot tear gas at some point to disperse the groups but reportedly quickly left. The following day, Bajju returned with more sophisticated weapons, killed hundreds of Muslims, even after they surrendered, and burnt houses. They also killed dozens of Muslims hiding in police trucks in clashes with police. Hausa-Fulani Muslim leaders reported that 296 Muslims were killed in Zonkwa over the two days of violence (mainly on the 19th), and 299 houses, 180 businesses, 98 vehicles, and 113 motorcycles owned by Hausa-Fulani were burned. | location: Zonkwa, fatalities: 286 |
Zonkwa | 36 | Over 18-19 April, mobs in southern Kaduna State also killed hundreds of Muslims and ethnically cleansed entire towns and villages of their Muslim populations in Matsirga and Gidan Maga, close to Zonkwa. In Matsirga, Bajju militia attacked Muslim Fulani residents on both days, leaving 71 killed, and 143 houses, 8 mosques, 15 shops, 13 vehicles, and 65 motorcycles burnt down. | location: Zonkwa, fatalities: 36 |
Zonkwa | 1 | Soldiers shot and killed a member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria. It is not clear if the victim was shot due to his political affiliations. | location: Zonkwa, fatalities: 1 |
Eika | 19 | Suspected Boko Hara(actor not confrimed) m opens fire on a crowded church during an evening service, at least 19 dead. Unknown injury number. | location: Eika, fatalities: 19 |
Gaidam | 5 | Gunmen have shot dead five Christian residents of a town in a restive northeastern Nigerian region previously hit by deadly Islamist attacks, however, the perpetrator is not known here, nor is it evident that victims were killed because they were Christians. | location: Gaidam, fatalities: 5 |
Sokoto | 1 | A university student is stabbed to death by hoodlums. | location: Sokoto, fatalities: 1 |
Sokoto | 1 | The Deputy Controller of Sokoto State Central Prisons, Usman Zaki Gwandu, was yesterday killed in Sokoto metropolis by unidentified gunmen with unclear motive. | location: Sokoto, fatalities: 1 |
Sokoto | 3 | Three people were reportedly shot by police and two churches burned down in the city of Sokoto in clashes around the university campus during a demonstration by Muslim students. | location: Sokoto, fatalities: 3 |
Sokoto | 0 | Clashes between Muslims and Christians | location: Sokoto, fatalities: 0 |
Sokoto | 2 | Two killed in clashes between Sunnis and Shiites in Sokoto | location: Sokoto, fatalities: 2 |
Kaduna | 1 | Kazino Uzuazebe, human rights activist and lawyer was murdered in his home in Kaduna by the hands of unknown men. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 1 |
Kaduna | 2 | Two suspected suicide bombers were killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while another person suspected to be a member of the group escaped with injuries. Their bomb was concealed in a camera case. The assailants were unknown, but it is likely they were members of Boko Haram. Some reports have the death count at three. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 2 |
Kaduna | 19 | Reports of clashes between Fulani Muslim militia and Christian youth in Kaduna town. Both sides also burnt down and looted property belonging to the other side of the religious divide in Kaduna, and killed those of the opposing faith. According to media reports, Christian travelers were dragged out of their vehicles by groups of Muslims and killed on the main road leading north of the city, while mobs of Christians also torched vehicles and killed Muslim motorists on the expressway leading through Gonin Gora and other predominantly Christian neighborhoods in the southern side of the city. Police and the military members also committed extrajudicial killings and other abuses while responding to violence in the city. A state Commission of Inquiry into the violence in Kaduna listed the names of 25 people killed in Kaduna town North and 52 people killed in Kaduna town South. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 19 |
Kaduna | 84 | Armed Muslim mob attacked and killed an unidentified number of Christians and burned down and looted their homes, businesses and churches in Kaduna. The violence follows the burning of a media office by Muslim rioters over a published article perceived as blasphemous by some Muslims. Retaliatory attacks by Chritians targeting Muslim civilians and their properties followed on 22 November. Security forces also reportedly killed scores of people before they quelled the violence. Human Rights Watch estimates put the death toll between 21 and 23 November at 250. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 84 |
Kaduna | 1 | A Muslim group had killed a Catholic priest | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 1 |
Kaduna | 11 | Eleven are killed by Islamic Militia as they attempt to enforce Islamic sharia law upon the city. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 11 |
Kaduna | 1 | Police shoot dead a Muslim youth after he runs when asked for identification. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 1 |
Kaduna | 19 | Reports of clashes between Fulani Muslim militia and Christian youth in Kaduna town. Both sides also burnt down and looted property belonging to the other side of the religious divide in Kaduna, and killed those of the opposing faith. According to media reports, Christian travelers were dragged out of their vehicles by groups of Muslims and killed on the main road leading north of the city, while mobs of Christians also torched vehicles and killed Muslim motorists on the expressway leading through Gonin Gora and other predominantly Christian neighborhoods in the southern side of the city. Police and the military members also committed extrajudicial killings and other abuses while responding to violence in the city. A state Commission of Inquiry into the violence in Kaduna listed the names of 25 people killed in Kaduna town North and 52 people killed in Kaduna town South. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 19 |
Kaduna | 1 | A commuter is shot and killed at a military checkpoint for not offering a bribe. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 1 |
Kaduna | 0 | Gunmen attack an army barracks, causalities not confirmed. Boko Haram later claimed responsibility. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 0 |
Kaduna | 0 | Arrests: Police arrest over 33 policemen accused of taking part in the riots. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 0 |
Kaduna | 100 | 300 are killed in clashes in Kaduna between Christian and Muslim militias. The violence started in the cities Narayi district when the Christians found the dead body of a co-religionist and decided to seek revenge. | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 100 |
Kaduna | 83 | On 22 November 2002, retaliatory attacks between Muslim and Christian mobs on the rival communities and their properties were reported in Kaduna city (Kaduna). The violence follows the burning of a media office by Muslim rioters over a published article perceived as blasphemous by some Muslims in the same area. Security forces also reportedly killed scores of people before they quelled the violence. Human Rights Watch estimates put the death toll between 21 and 23 November at 250. Fatalities split across three events. [size=no report] | location: Kaduna, fatalities: 83 |
Forcados | 0 | Militant youths attack an oil company boat on a river and kidnap the Captain. | location: Forcados, fatalities: 0 |
Forcados | 3 | Three Ijaw militants were killed as they rioted against civilians and oil companies in the area. | location: Forcados, fatalities: 3 |
Egbeda | 1 | A lawmaker representing Oorelope constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Gideon Aremu, was shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Alakia, in the Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday evening. | location: Egbeda, fatalities: 1 |
Ahoada | 19 | Nineteen persons have been killed at Ula-Upata and Edoha in Ahoada east local government area of Rivers State by gunmen suspected to be members of an unnamed 'cult group' on 30/04. The attacks came in two waves. The first during the early afternoon, and the second later in the evening. The attack may have been related to an election in the area. | location: Ahoada, fatalities: 19 |
Ahoada | 2 | Two policemen were shot dead and one injured at Ahoada end of the East-West Road, Rivers State, by unknown gunmen. | location: Ahoada, fatalities: 2 |
Foron | 3 | Ten people were killed in two separate midnight attacks outside the city of Jos, leading angry residents to block roads the following morning. | location: Foron, fatalities: 3 |
Foron | 9 | On 11 October 2013, Fulani militia killed a family of nine and stole their cattle in Kukek village of Barkin Kogi, Foron District in Barkin Ladi. A local armed group later clashed with Fulanis (coded separately). | location: Foron, fatalities: 9 |
Patani | 0 | Former vice chairman of Patani local government area was abducted by gunmen and whisked away to an unknown location. The victim was abducted along Isoko Road, close to Uloho Avenue junction. The reason for the abduction is not known. | location: Patani, fatalities: 0 |
Tudun Wada | 0 | Heavily armed men abducted the Kaduna State vice chairman of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Association (PTD) outside his residence. The motive for the attack is not known. | location: Tudun Wada, fatalities: 0 |
Tudun Wada | 0 | A Muslim group violently protests the mounting of a roadblock in Tudun Wada, police open fire on the group and later clash. Four injured. There had been tension between Muslim and Christian groups in the area, and the protesting group evidently believed the road block would unfairly restrict their movement. | location: Tudun Wada, fatalities: 0 |
Asaba | 0 | A politicians cousin is abducted by unidentified men. The group later demeans N50m for his release. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 0 |
Asaba | 2 | Traders lynch two thives in Ogbogonogo market, Asaba. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 2 |
Asaba | 1 | A group of rioters beat a policeman to death near an oil field. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 1 |
Asaba | 7 | 30 May. A fight broke out between policemen and some people suspected to be members of the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Asaba. The incident occurred along Anwai Road in the city when MASSOB members were marching to demand for the independence of Biafra. According to police, the MASSOB marchers initiated the clash. Xinhua reports seven MASSOB killed in the fighting. Later reports indicated a total of 140 persons killed in Asaba and Awka between May 29-30. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 7 |
Asaba | 7 | Seven are dead following a clash between two militant groups in Delta State. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 7 |
Asaba | 0 | Two factions of the APC clash in Asaba. Several arrests reported. | location: Asaba, fatalities: 0 |
Toto | 0 | A group of youths held a Toto LGA election officer hostage at the area government headquarters after a election result was declared favouring the PDP. The party allegiance of the hostage takers is not known. | location: Toto, fatalities: 0 |
Osara | 0 | The Kogi State Commissioner for Land and Housing is kidnapped by unidentified men on 31/05 in Osara, Adavi Local Council of the State. | location: Osara, fatalities: 0 |
Osara | 0 | Two policemen were injured when suspected gunmen launched an attack on the Osara Police Station in Adavi local government area of Kogi State. Following the attack the assailants carted away ammunitions. No reported causalities. | location: Osara, fatalities: 0 |
Dekina | 0 | Gunmen reportedly abduct two Nigerian high court judges on 19/05, one in at Ojuocha in Ofu Local Government Area during a farm inspection, while the second was reportedly abducted while on his way to the court in Ayingba, Dekina Local Government Area of the state. | location: Dekina, fatalities: 0 |
Dekina | 11 | No fewer than 22 persons, including women and children were feared killed when suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday, attacked nine communities in Dekina Local Council of Kogi State. The affected communities are: Agojeju, Ikpoba, Ojeh, Ajomojayi, Ajadaji, Idochi, Ojiyanawo, Ulaja and Oganenigu. | location: Dekina, fatalities: 11 |
Ogbia | 0 | A Bayelsa State commissioner is kidnapped in Ogbia LGA. | location: Ogbia, fatalities: 0 |
Ogbia | 0 | Armed gunmen struck in the night-time hours, kidnapping the wife and daughter of the state Treasurer of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). The latest kidnap occurred at the riverside town of Opume in Ogbia local government area of the state. It is not entirely clear if the attack was motivated by the victims political affiliation. | location: Ogbia, fatalities: 0 |
Lokoja | 0 | Unknown persons kidnap daughter of Kogi State accountant general [women targeted: relatives of targeted groups or persons][women targeted: girls] | location: Lokoja, fatalities: 0 |
Lokoja | 20 | Police kill 20 rioters in a seeming reprisal attack over a former riot. | location: Lokoja, fatalities: 20 |
Umuahia | 0 | Gunman have hijacked a school bus in Nigerias Abia state, on the fringes of the oil-producing Niger Delta, and kidnapped 15 children, demanding ransom for their release. | location: Umuahia, fatalities: 0 |
Umuahia | 0 | Unknown individuals have destroyed a radio station run by the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia (BCA) with explosives. | location: Umuahia, fatalities: 0 |
Umuahia | 45 | 11 September. Military forces reportedly killed 180 members of the Igbo ethnicity during operations against Biafra in Asa, Aba, Umahia, and Isiala-Ngwa. This was reported by an organization who identified seven mass graves, thought to contain some of those killed during the operation. The total fatalities were disaggregated by location. | location: Umuahia, fatalities: 45 |
Abakaliki | 0 | A prominent doctor is kidnapped in Abakaliki. The demands of the kidnappers are not known. | location: Abakaliki, fatalities: 0 |
Abakaliki | 0 | Police forces arrest several MASSOB protesters on 04/12. No violence reported. | location: Abakaliki, fatalities: 0 |
Abakaliki | 5 | Five die in an ethnic clash along a highway. | location: Abakaliki, fatalities: 5 |
Kwande | 0 | The police detonate an IED after it was discovered by a local opposite a motor park. There were no causalities reported. | location: Kwande, fatalities: 0 |
Kwande | 7 | At least seven are dead as the supporters of the PDP and the ANPP clash in Kwande | location: Kwande, fatalities: 7 |
Ketu | 1 | A street gang known as the 'Area Boys' shoot and kill a retired Brigadier-General named Funmi Oduneye in Lagos State. ' | location: Ketu, fatalities: 1 |
Sekondi-Takoradi | 0 | The Nigerian man who was stabbed on 20/11 was shot at by unknown assialants. | location: Sekondi-Takoradi, fatalities: 0 |
Aba | 1 | A motorcycle gang kills a bystander when they clash with police after resisting arrest. | location: Aba, fatalities: 1 |
Aba | 2 | Nigerian soldiers allegedly killed two butchers at the abattoir in the Ogbor Hill area of Aba. | location: Aba, fatalities: 2 |
Aba | 0 | Police encounter and stop a pro-Biafran MASSOB protest in Aba. No arrests reported. | location: Aba, fatalities: 0 |
Aba | 6 | Police open fire on an otherwise peaseable IOPB protest in Aba on 09/02. Six dead, injuries reported, plus arrests. | location: Aba, fatalities: 6 |
Aba | 225 | 450 are reported dead after Ibos and Hausas clash in the southern town of Aba. Many of the Ibos involved were refugees from the violence in Kaduna. | location: Aba, fatalities: 225 |
Karachi - Liaquatabad | 1 | A man was killed in Liaquatabad of Karachi in Sindh on July 25 by unknown men. The Police suspect targeted killing on ethnic background. | location: Karachi - Liaquatabad, fatalities: 1 |
Karachi - Liaquatabad | 1 | Unidentified armed men riding a bike, shot five fires on former UC nazim Zafar Iqbal at Furniture Market in Liaquatabad. | location: Karachi - Liaquatabad, fatalities: 1 |
Karachi - Liaquatabad | 1 | A lecturer of Sanda College was shot dead over a property dispute in Liaqatabad | location: Karachi - Liaquatabad, fatalities: 1 |
Mach | 0 | On June 28, unidentified armed men opened fire on 2 NATO oil tankers in Mach (Balochistan). The tankers were completely destroyed but the drivers escaped. | location: Mach, fatalities: 0 |
Mach | 0 | Akbar Bugti Express of the Pakistan Railways came under attack in Bolan area of the Balochistan on Friday with no casualties reported. | location: Mach, fatalities: 0 |
Mach | 5 | 5 people were killed and 18 injured when unidentified armed men attacked a passenger train in Mach. | location: Mach, fatalities: 5 |
Mach | 1 | A man was killed and two others were injured in an armed attack in Mach town on 6 June 2014. The man killed was identified as a brother of a local leader of the outlawed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ). | location: Mach, fatalities: 1 |
Mach | 2 | Two people,railway police constable and a passenger were killed and six others, including two women were wounded after Quetta-Lahore bound Akbar Bugti passenger train was attacked by militants in Bolan District of Balochistan. Militants fired rocket propelled grenades and fired with automatic weapons on the train. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. | location: Mach, fatalities: 2 |