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]
30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, were 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]
2 August – Protests against
PresidentBola Tinubu's economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as
security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the
goverment orders curfews across several northern states.[34]
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]
30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, were 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]
2 August – Protests against
PresidentBola Tinubu's economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as
security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the
goverment orders curfews across several northern states.[34]