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Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly representing Onitsha South 1, Dr. Emeka Aniebonam (AC), was kidnapped by unknown attackers. It is unclear if she was attacked for ransom or political reasons. [women targeted: politicians] | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Bakassi Boys Militia | Civilians (Nigeria) | On 9 March 2002, the group known as the Bakassi Boys silenced a high profile critic of the militia by killing him in his automobile in Onitsha (Onitsha North LGA, Anambra). | actor1: Bakassi Boys Militia, actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Youths of the MASSOB violently take over portions of a State Park, injuring 16 and causing damage. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | MASSOB: Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign State of Biafra | Day two of a MOSSOB raid. One killed on day two. | actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: MASSOB: Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign State of Biafra |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Police kill seven armed robbers in Onitsha. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed two police officers in Onitsha, reasons not known. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) | Members of police clash with protesting members of MASSOB in Onitsha, one police officer injured, one missing. In a conflicting reported, MASSOB claims they were attacked by the police while peaceful, killing fifteen of their members. This Day reports 30 dead. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) | Four students are injured during a violent student-led protest against poor hostel accommodation in Onitsha. Their injuries, according to eye-witness, followed a stampede arising from the gunshots allegedly fired by some policemen to disperse the rampaging students who had already barricaded the busy Onitsha/Owerri dual carriageway in front of the NMTI main campus. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) |
PDP: People's Democratic Party | Civilians (Nigeria) | PDP faction members attack government and journalist offices | actor1: PDP: People's Democratic Party, actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Masked gunmen kidnap the wife of the Anambra State Chairman of the Labour Party in Awka during the evening hours. It is not known if the abduction was politically motivated. [women targeted: relatives of targeted groups or persons] | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | After attacking the previous week, unidentified gunmen regroup and again attack Uratta Umuoha, killing three. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen killed a UN official, 3 Nigerians, 1 Cameroonian while in the process of demarcating and delineating the Nigeria-Cameroon border in line with the judgment of the International Court of Justice. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Gunmen enter a prominent lawyers home, shoot and kill him for unknown reasons. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Chad) | Civilians (Nigeria) | 100 feared killed in Taraba State as armed men from Chad in Niger attacked villages | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Chad), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Nigerian soldiers killed 200 ethnic Kutebs in a reprisal attack on the community. | actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Suspected cult members kill ten students | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Protesters (Nigeria) | Police forces attack a group of protesting TASCE students, causing five deaths. However, the police deny this. The provost of TASCE reports one student death. The students embarked on the protest because of the school authority's refusal to allow over 50 per cent of the 200 level students to write examination over the non-payment of tuition fees. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Protesters (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A private security guard was killed when robbers raided a hospital in Ibadan. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unknown assassins kill the personal secretary to Nigerias chief justice in Ibadan. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | On 25 September 2017, former Secretary to Oyo state government, three correspondents and others were nearly assassinated as gunmen attacked the Olubadan palace, Popoyemoja, Ibadan, shortly before the installation of some Baales. The reason for the attack is not known. Following the attack one of the suspects were nearly lynched by a vigilante group. | actor1: Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Police kill five on a bus who refuse to pay a highway toll. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Police shoot and kill three pro-democracy activists as they protested against the military dictatorship. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Okada Motorcycle Militia | A clash between police and okada riders causes nine injures. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Okada Motorcycle Militia |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Hausa Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Aggrieved members of the Hausa community clashed with policemen, two killed in the brawl. An eyewitness said that the Hausa attacked the station to avenge the death of one their kinsmen. By the end of the clash the police station was destroyed by fire. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Hausa Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Protesters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Twelve members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) are arrested in Abuja, Anambra, Oyo, Niger and Kaduna States at May Day protests. The specific places within the states are unknown. | actor1: Protesters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Rioters (Nigeria) | No fewer than 10 PDP supporters were injured over a inter-party leadership struggle. The clash began at the party secretariat. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Rioters (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Rioters (Nigeria) | Factions of the APC clash outside the state secretariat in Ibadan. The violence stemmed from a disagreement over an appointment in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. Injury extent not known. Attempting to protest earlier in the day, one of the factions was stopped by the NURTW at Moniya. It was gathered that the NURTW members allegedly acted on the orders of state chairman, Alhaji Taofeek Oyerinde (Fele), to prevent them from holding their protest. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Rioters (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen assassinate the village head of Tarangol community. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen attacked Mgbuitanwo, Emohua Local Government Area, beheading a man and abducting another. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A high ranking member of AC, Ahmed Onipede was found dead in his house after returning home form a political meeting, | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen attack and kill a man while travelling to Bukuru. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | When a grenade is thrown at a Islamic school in a Jos suburb security agents respond with gunfire. One small boy was killed by the blast. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Riot broke out in Gero village of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State after the bodies of nine youths from Dadin Kowa community were discovered in a forest. Demonstrators smashed vehicles and set fire to some vehicles until the arrival of reinforcement from the Special Task Force and the police. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Three NPDC workers, on their way to Abraka for a lecture, were kidnapped and later found dead a week later. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Suspected assassins shoot and kill a member of Delta State University staff outside his home. The reason for the attack is not known. Police later made an arrest in connection with the killing. The exact date of the attack is not known. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Police shot dead three members of a student gang after they broke in and killed the registrar of Delta State University and seriously injured his wife | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) | Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria) | Suspected cattle nomads ambush a police patrol in Abraka. One death and two injures reported. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-), actor2: Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Rioters (Nigeria) | Members of the PDP and Labour Party attack each other during a local government rerun election after ballot boxes were alleged to have been stolen. Four reported dead, plus other injuries. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Rioters (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Three are dead after unidentified gunmen attack a village. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | The bodies of three Fulanis are discovered near Sho. Both the date of the attack, as well as its perpetrators are not known. Source dated 11/08. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen kill three villagers. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | One is killed in election day violence at Nonwa (either Kenbawa or Udume) on 19/03. Details limited. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen attack the Delta coastal community of Kuroamagbene and kill two civilians. Though the attackers remain unidentified it is know MEND operates in the area and has begun increasing activity in recent months and weeks. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | the Ijaw accused Itsekiris of killing 44 people in a raid on a coastal Ijaw village (reported on Thursday) | actor1: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) senatorial candidate for Cross River Southern District | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A vigilante mob burn a church building after they suspect the pastor of murdering an 11 year old. No reported injuries. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | An civilian anti-crime group attacks and kills two suspected robbers. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Protesters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | About 200 policemen blocked the main entrance of the University of Calabar, preventing members and officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Calabar branch from embarking on a planned street rally. | actor1: Protesters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Two rival cult groups clash in Calabar, causing deaths and destruction of property. Exact number of deaths unknown. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
PDP: People's Democratic Party | ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party | Four were killed in Calabar when rival political groups clashed. | actor1: PDP: People's Democratic Party, actor2: ANPP: All Nigeria People's Party |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Four armed robbers were set ablaze by vigilante mob at different locations - White House Street and Abua by Ephraim Street. The victims were among about 30 robbers who had harassed and robbed residents. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Ibibio Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Efik Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | A border dispute between the communities on the Cross River and Akwa Ibom border leads to bloodshed. | actor1: Ibibio Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Efik Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Rioters (Nigeria) | Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Cross River state who were on public protest on the streets of Calabar engaged officials of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) in a street brawl. SPN was on a similar protest at the time of the attack; the violence reportedly stemmed from a question as to which organization would lead the protest. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Rioters (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A gateman attached to a politician (party affiliation not known) in Sime and his kin were killed by unknown gunmen. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | At least twelve are dead and property damaged as violence erupts in the Okere area of Warri city. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Civilians (International) | A British and an Italian oil worker were kidnapped by Ijaw youths | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (International) |
Unidentified Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Civilians (International) | Twenty foreigners - 1 American, 3 Britons, 16 Frenchmen - held by tribesmen who took over an oil platform off the Nigerian coast near the town of Warri | actor1: Unidentified Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (International) |
Udu Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Five are dead when allying ethnic militias force the traditional ruler from his palace to protest his alleged intention to supervise recruitment into an oil firm operating in the area. | actor1: Udu Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Police shoot and kill a person over compensation money. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Three dead and about 390000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil is feared to be of risk because of protests in the Midwestern town of Warri over relocation of a local government headquarters. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A faction clash in the oil producing area of Ugborodo spills over to nearby Warri when one group destroyed the home of another. It is not mentioned if any one was harmed, or if the attackers engaged the property owners physically. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Military Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999) | Three are killed in a battle between militant Ijaw youths and the military during a shootout. | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Military Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999) |
Military Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999) | Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Nigerian Troops were deployed to restore order in Warri | actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (1993-1999), actor2: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Protesters (Nigeria) | Police open fire on protesters representing DESOPADEC, killing one. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Protesters (Nigeria) |
PDP: People's Democratic Party | AD: Alliance for Democracy | Six are killed at a polling station when groups of two rival political parties become violent. | actor1: PDP: People's Democratic Party, actor2: AD: Alliance for Democracy |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Militants killed 56 following an attack on a Itsekiri group in Warri. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | At least five people were killed and an itsekiri village torched during renewed interethnic fighting | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Two are killed in fighting between Ijaws and Itsekiri tribes over land. | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | An Ijaw militia kills an Itsekiri community leader in Warri. | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Six are dead in a renewed ethnic clash. | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | 70-year-old women died when Ijaw youths sacked much of the small village of Poto. 10 died in violence on the 6th | actor1: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Urhobo Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Urhobo and Itsekiri youths clash in Warri disputing over the oil rich land in the region. This battle took the lives of at least 15. | actor1: Urhobo Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) | Itsekiri youths launch an attack on a Warri Ijaw community over oil rich land. Five are presumed dead. | actor1: Itsekiri Ethnic Militia (Nigeria), actor2: Ijaw Ethnic Militia (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Thirteen are killed along Takum-Katsina-Ala road and Takum-Kashinbilla road between Friday and Saturday by unidentified gunmen. The attacks prompted an response by Kuteb youths early the following week. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A man and his two sons are killed in an attack by unidentified persons. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unknown gunmen shot dead six villagers in an overnight attack on Rim, 50km (30 miles) south of Jos in Plateau state. The attack was believed to have been fueled by communal or ethnic disagreements. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A rebel group attacks the town of Ilorin killing one student. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Nigerian gunmen kill senior ruling party official. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Gunmen kill a student in Ilorin | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
PDP: People's Democratic Party | PDP: People's Democratic Party | Three are shot dead (the party confirms one) during a skirmish between PDP factions, each vying for political control of a city ward. One of the deaths may have been a police accident, who were trying to break up the two groups. | actor1: PDP: People's Democratic Party, actor2: PDP: People's Democratic Party |
APC: All Progressives Congress | PDP: People's Democratic Party | Three people were reportedly killed in violent clashes over several days (not 14/06) by youths involved in defection from a political party to another in Ilorin. The fighting on Friday started around Abayawo area and spread to Alore, Ode Adana, Omoda, Ode-Alawusa and Okelele areas of the town, during which a person reportedly died. A group of the youths which lost one of their members on Friday reportedly launched a reprisal attack on Sunday where another person simply identified as Ebba was said to have been killed at Ode Alawusa area. The Sunday attack carried over to the following day. | actor1: APC: All Progressives Congress, actor2: PDP: People's Democratic Party |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Rioters (Nigeria) | Christians and Muslims clash at the New Year's carnival in Taiwo area of Ilorin. Several serious injuries reported. A number of arrests were made the following day. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Rioters (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Six students killed in clashes between rival gangs | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Three killed in clashes between student gangs; no breakdown of death toll | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Gunmen murder Yemi Oni | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A group of armed youths attack the home of a local monarch. The attacks believed to have stemmed from over land/ chieftaincy issues. Many of the attackers fired their weapons into the air, but caused no reported injury. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) | One person was reportedly shot in Ado Ekiti as commercial drivers under the platform of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) staged a violent protest over alleged detention of a member of the union. It took over 100 policemen to bring the situation under control. It is not clear if the deceased was a protester, police or bystander. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (2015-) |
Protesters (Nigeria) | Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Police fire tear gas to disperse a group of Bamidele supporters who had gathered at the lawmakers formal declaration to contest the governorship election in the state. Some witnesses claim they were physically attacked by police. The gathering was hosted and organized by RTEAN and NURTW. | actor1: Protesters (Nigeria), actor2: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | King Iyerite Chiefson Awululu, the paramount ruler of Oluasiri community in Nembe Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, narrowly escaped death on Sunday July 31st after he was attacked by armed men who invaded his residence, cut him mercilessly with machete and left him for dead. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | MEND: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta | MEND attacks, and later claims responsibility, for an attack of a military boat along the Nembe-Bassanbiri waterways in Bayelsa State. Causalities not known. | actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: MEND: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) Joint Task Force | Militants exchange gunfire with JTF in Nembe. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Military Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) Joint Task Force |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | A police van is attacked by suspected 'militants' - no specific identification - during the early evening hours. Three dead: One officer, two attackers. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | The traditional ruler of Mbayongo district in Kastina Ala local council of Benue State, Tyoor Awuha Alev, has been killed by unknown gunmen. He was shot dead at his palace in Vingir village around 8:00p.m. on Sunday. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A couple is shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Katsina-Ala LGA. The attack was described as an 'assassination.' A politician was killed in the area the previous day. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | A former PDP officer holder and leader is murdered in his home. The motive had yet to be officially established. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified attackers kill 11 and burn houses in Ukum and Katsina-Ala local government areas of Benue. The villages effected are Agena and Agbaaye, but near the Taraba border. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen stormed the Ibeshi area of Ikorodu killing a pregnant woman, her two children and another man for unknown reason. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Rioters (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Vigilantes kill a man they suspect of being involved in gang activity. | actor1: Rioters (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |
Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015) | Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria) | A police officer is killed and several others injured trying to quell a potential clan uprising. The officers were attacked by members of the Ifegunwa family who were unhappy with their increased presence in the town. The attack occurred in the Mowonla area of Ikorodu. | actor1: Police Forces of Nigeria (1999-2015), actor2: Unidentified Communal Militia (Nigeria) |
Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria) | Civilians (Nigeria) | Unidentified gunmen decapitate two people at their home in Igbo-Eze North LGA. Following investigation, it was determined no valuables were removed from the property. | actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Nigeria), actor2: Civilians (Nigeria) |