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2023 Plateau State massacres. A series of armed attacks occurred between 23 and 25 December 2023 in Plateau State in central Nigeria. They affected at least 17 rural communities in the Nigerian local government areas of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi, resulting in at least 200 deaths and injuries to more than 500 people [1] [2] as well as significant ...
2024 Aba killings. The 2024 Aba killings were an armed conflict that occurred in Aba, Nigeria, on 30 May 2024 in which at least 11 people were killed following the conflicting sit-at-home orders [2] issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) to commemorate deceased Biafran Heroes/Heroines.
Date. May 15-16, 2023. Deaths. 200+ civilians killed (per local activists) 130+ civilians killed (per government officials and Christian Association of Nigeria) Perpetrator. Fulani herdsmen. From 15 to 16 May 2023 over one hundred people were killed in an attack by Fulani herders against villagers in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State ...
2022 Plateau State massacres. / 9.3°N 10°E / 9.3; 10. On 10 April 2022, a gang of bandits killed more than 150 people in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria. The attacks are linked to the ongoing Nigerian bandit conflict. About 70 people were also kidnapped in the attacks.
5 June 2022. Noon-6pm. Deaths. 33+. Perpetrator. Fulani militiamen (alleged by locals) [1] On 5 June 2022, alleged Fulani militants killed thirty-two civilians in four villages in the Kajuru area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Attack type. massacre. Deaths. 200+. Injured. unknown. From 4 to 6 January 2022, over 200 people were killed by bandits in Zamfara State, Nigeria. [1] This was the deadliest terrorist attack in recent Nigerian history.
On 12 May 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student, was stoned to death by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto, Nigeria, after being accused of blasphemy against Islam. [3] The muslim suspects arrested were charged with "Criminal conspiracy and incitement of public disturbance", bailable offences with a maximum 2 year ...
Date. 30–31 October 2023. Deaths. 37. Injured. 7. Perpetrators. Boko Haram. In late October 2023, two terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram occurred in Yobe State, Nigeria a day apart, killing at least 37 people and injuring 7.