Eight people are killed and 100 others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the boundary of Niger and Kebbi States.[5]
17 January – Two people are killed and 77 others injured during a blast caused by explosives stored for use in illegal mining operations at a dozen buildings in Ibadan.[6]
24 January – At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State.[7]
18 April – A schoolgirl who was abducted during the Chibok kidnapping in 2014 is rescued by authorities along with her three children in Gwoza, Borno State.[11]
19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in Shiroro, Niger State.[12]
24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in Suleja after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.[13]
Seven students are killed after inhaling fumes from a generator overnight inside a music studio in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.[18]
24 May – Ten people are killed while 160 others are abducted in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the village of Kuchi in Niger State.[19]
30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia State.[21]
Thirty miners are reported trapped after a gold mine collapses in Galadima Kogo, Niger State.[23]
10 June: Nigerian bandit conflict: At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, after gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State.[24]
22 June: At least seven people are killed and 100 others are kidnapped after gunmen attack the village of Maidabino in Katsina State.[25]
28 July – A court in Niger State convicts 125 people on charges of membership and financing of Boko Haram following a two-day mass trial and sentences them to varying prison terms.[30]
31 July – Sixteen people are killed and at least 24 others are injured in a bomb attack on a market in Kawori, Borno State.[31]
5 August – Seven Polish students and faculty of the University of Warsaw are arrested in Kano State on suspicion of displaying Russian flags during protests.[34] They are released on 28 August.[35]
6 August – Police detain tailors who made Russian flags that were used in anti-government protests in Kano State.[36]
7 August – A boat sinks following an engine explosion in Bayelsa State, killing at least 20 people.[37]
21 August – At least 13 farmers are killed by unidentified gunmen in Niger State.[40]
25 August – Two police officers are killed and three others are injured in an attack in Abuja. A police spokesperson says that the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria was responsible for the attack.[41]
26 August –
A one-week nationwide doctors' strike begins in protest over the abduction of one of their members, Ganiyat Popoola, who remains in captivity after being kidnapped in Kaduna in December 2023.[42]
At least 49 people are killed and more than 40,000 people are displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains in Adamawa, Jigawa, and Taraba States.[43]
27 August – The United States donates 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines to Nigeria, making it the first African country to receive them.[44]
8 September – At least 52 people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a truck in Agaie, Niger State.[47]
15 September – Over 280 inmates are reported to have escaped from a prison in Maiduguri due to damage to prison walls caused by floods.[54]
17 September – At least 25 children are killed when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid collides with a truck in Lere, Kaduna State.[55]
30 September – An overloaded boat carrying 300 passengers capsizes along the Niger River in Mokwa, Niger State, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 100 others missing.[56]
October
15 October – At least 170 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an overturned fuel truck explodes while residents were trying to collect its cargo in Majiya, Jigawa State.[57]
23 October – President Tinubu implements a cabinet reshuffle that results in the dismissal of the ministers of education, tourism, women's affairs and youth development as well as the junior minister for housing.[59]
27 October – A partially-demolished building collapses in Sabon-Lugbe, Abuja, killing seven people.[62]
30 October – "Scores" of civilians are killed in an airstrike by the Chadian military on a group of fishermen mistaken to be Boko Haram militants in Tilma island on the Nigerian side of Lake Chad.[63]
29 November – A boat capsizes in the Niger River along the boundary of Kogi and Niger States, killing at least 27 people and leaving 100 others missing.[65]
18 December – At least 35 people are killed in a stampede at a religious festival held at an Islamic high school in Ibadan.[70]
21 December –
At least ten people are killed in a stampede at a charity distribution event held at a church in Maitama, Abuja.[71]
Three people are killed in a stampede at a charity distribution event in Okija, Anambra State.[72]
25 December – At least ten civilians are killed in an airstrike in Silame, Sokoto State. The military says it had accidentally hit the victims during an operation against Lakurawa militants.[73]
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