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Sharia in Kaduna
Thousands are killed in northern nigeria as non-muslims do not approve of enforcing Sharia, the Islamic code of conduct. -
Jos Churches in Flames
Christian-Muslim violence flares after Muslim prayers in the city of Jos, with churches and mosques set on fire. At least 1,000 people are killed. -
Miss World Contest Abandoned
Nigeria abandons the Miss World contest in Abuja, the capital, following the death of at least 216 people due to riots that broke out in Kaduna after a newspaper article suggested the Prophet Mohammad would probably have married one of the Miss World beauty queens if he were alive today. -
630 Killed by Christian Tarok Fighters
Hundreds of people, mostly Muslim Fulanis, the world’s largest nomadic group based in West Africa, are killed by Christian Tarok fighters in the central Nigerian town of Yelwa. Survivors say they buried 630 corpses. -
Street Fights
Muslim and Christian fighters wage street battles in the northern city of Kano. Christian community leaders say 500-600 people, mostly Christians, were killed in two days of violence. -
Riots Grow Deadly
At least 157 people die in a week of rioting by Muslim and Christian mobs. The violence begins in the northeastern city of Maiduguri when a Muslim protest against Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad runs out of control. Revenge attacks follow in the south. -
Muslim Vs. Christian Gangs
Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs triggered by a disputed local government election kill at least 700 people in Jos, according to the US-based Human Rights Watch. -
Bauchi Night Curfew
The governor of Bauchi state imposes a night curfew on Bauchi city, a day after clashes in which at least 11 people were killed, 28 are seriously wounded and several houses, churches and mosques set on fire. -
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, an organisation that opposes Western education and demands the adoption of Sharia across Nigeria, stages attacks in the northeastern city of Bauchi after the arrest of some of its members. More than 50 people are killed and over 100 arrested. -
Gun Battles
Police in Maiduguri, home of Boko Haram’s leader Mohammed Yusuf, say security forces killed 90 sect members on July 27. In neighbouring Yobe state, police recover the bodies of 33 sect members after a gun battle near the town of Potiskum on July 29. -
Yusuf Killed
Boko Haram leader Yusuf is shot dead while in police detention in Maiduguri. Meanwhile, Red Cross and defence officials say more than 700 people were killed during the five-day Boko Haram uprising. -
Machetes Used
At least 40 people are killed in clashes between security forces and members of an Islamic sect armed with machetes in the northern city of Bauchi. -
Vowing
Hundreds of people are reported killed after clashes between pastoralists from the surrounding hills and villagers close to the central city of Jos. Arrests follow and security forces vow to hold the state’s security officials to account for future outbreaks of violence. -
Muslim Herdsmen
At least 13 people killed in attack by Muslim herdsmen on village of Byei, just 30km south of Jos. -
Mazzah
A church is burned and eight people hacked to death in an attack by Muslims in Mazzah village, located 14km from Jos. -
Bombs Go Off
A series of bombs go off in villages near Jos, the main city, in Plateau state, killing 32 people and leaving 74 others in critical condition. -
Borno
Borno placed under state of emergancy,
