List of massacres in Nigeria

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Nigeria (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Asaba massacre	7 October 1967	Asaba, Delta	Up to 500 men[1]	Occurred during Biafran Civil War[2][3]
Odi massacre	20 November 1999	Odi, Bayelsa State	43[4]-2,500[5]	Nigerian military attacked the village of Odi, as part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta.
2000 Kaduna riots	21 February-23 May 2000	Kaduna	2,000[6][7]–5,000[8]	Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, start of the religious riots phase of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria.
2001 Jos riots	7–17 September 2001	Jos	500–5000[9]	Religious riots between Christians and Muslims.
Miss World riots	November 22, 2002	Kaduna	200+[10]	Inter-religious riots that started on 22 November in Kaduna, along with many houses of worship being burned by religious zealots. Cause: article in Thisday about the 2002 Miss World beauty contest (to be held in Abuja), in which Muslims took offence.
Yelwa massacre	February–May 2004	Yelwa, Shendam and Kano	c. 975[11]	Religiously motivated killings between Christians and Muslims.
Muhammad cartoons crisis	18 February 2006	Maiduguri	50+[12]	The international crisis reached the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, in which over 50 people were killed and many buildings destroyed or damaged by rioting Muslims, outraged because of cartoons about Muhammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2008 Jos riots	28–29 November 2008	Jos	381[13]	Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the result of a local election.
2009 Boko Haram Uprising	July 2009	Maiduguri, Bauchi, Potiskum, Wudil	1,000+[14]	Islamic militants killed over a thousand people between 26 and 29 July; during the violence, Christians were killed for refusing to convert to Islam[15]
2010 Jos massacre	2010	Jos	992	Religious rioting; victims were mostly Christians killed by Muslims[16]
2011 Abuja United Nations bombing	26 August 2011	Abuja	21[17]	73 injured; Boko Haram attacked a United Nations compound[17]
2011 Damaturu attacks	4 November 2011	Damaturu	100-150[18]	Islamic militants associated with Boko Haram attacked police stations, churches, and banks
December 2011 Nigeria clashes	December 2011	Maiduguri and Damaturu	68+[19]	Islamic militants associated with Boko Haram clashed with security forces between 22 and 23 December
December 2011 Nigeria bombings	25 December 2011	Madalla	41+[20]	73 injured; Muslim militants bombed a Catholic church during Christmas mass
January 5–6, 2012 Nigeria attacks	January 2012	Mubi, Yola, Gombi, and Maiduguri	37+[21]	Islamic terrorists attacked churches and Christian businesses; Boko Haram claimed responsibility
January 20, 2012 Nigeria attacks	20 January 2012	Kano	185[22]	Islamic terrorists attacked churches and Christian businesses; Boko Haram claimed responsibility
April 2012 Kaduna massacre	8 April 2012	Kaduna	38[23]	Islamic terrorists bombed a church on Easter[23]
June 2012 Kaduna church bombings	17 June 2012	Kaduna, Wusasa, and Sabon Gari	12[24]-19[25]	80 injured; Islamic terrorists bombed three churches
Deeper Life Church shooting	7 August 2012	Okene	19[26]	Islamic militants attacked a church; the pastor was among the dead
December 2012 shootings in Nigeria	25 December 2012	Maiduguri, Potiskum	27[27][28]	Islamic militants attacked a church on Christmas Day; afterwards the church was set on fire
2013 Baga massacre	19–20 April 2013	Baga, Borno	228+[29]	Identity of the perpetrators remains unclear; some blame the Nigerian military while others blame the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram[30]
Yobe State school shooting	6 July 2013	Mamudo government secondary school	30[31]	Suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 41 children and one teacher[32]
Gujba college massacre	29 September 2013	Gujba Yobe school	50[33]	At 1:00 a.m. suspected gunmen from Boko Haram entered the male dormitory in the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing at least forty-four students and teachers.[31]
Kawuri massacre	11 January 2014	Konduga Local Government, Borno State	85[34]	Attack by Boko Haram
Borno Massacre	11 February 2014	Konduga, Borno State	39	About 39 people are believed to have been killed in an attack by Islamist militants on a Nigerian town. Local residents said the attack on Konduga, in the north-east Borno state, lasted several hours, beginning shortly before sundown on Tuesday night with the arrival of gunmen in 4x4 trucks. A mosque and more than 1,000 homes were razed to the ground, residents said.[35]
Federal Government College Buni Yadi attack	25 February 2014	Federal Government College Buni Yadi, Yobe State	59	Islamist gunmen killed 59 students at a boarding school in Yobe State.[36]
April 2014 Abuja attacks	14 April 2014	Bus Stand, Abuja, Nigeria	71	Two bombs exploded in a crowded bus station in the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria.[37]
May 2014 Gamboru attacks	6 May 2014	Gamboru, Borno, Nigeria	300+[38]	Militants attacked at night and set houses ablaze. When people tried to escape, they were shot dead.[39]
Gwoza massacre	2 June 2014	Gwoza, Borno, Nigeria	200-300[40]	Boko Haram attack on Christian villagers
2014 Kano bombing	23 June 2014	Kano, Nigeria	200+	Dozens of people were killed in a bomb blast at Kano State School of Hygiene. The blast was attributed to militant group Boko Haram by the locals.[41]
2015 Baga massacre	3–7 January 2015	Baga, Borno	At least 100, over 2,000 "unaccounted for"
2015-2016 Killing of Biafran Protesters	August 2015 till date	Several including Onitsha and Aba, Igboland	80+	Over 80 protesters agitating for the secession of the Biafran region from Nigeria have been killed en masse by Nigerian security operatives, while more than 400 others have been arrested, detained or imprisoned[42]
2015 Zaria massacre	12 to 13 December 2015	Zaria, Kaduna State	700-1000	Nigerian army open fire on the Shiite minority when they are setting up for a religious function.[43]
2008 Ogaminana massacre	26 February 2008	Ogaminana, Kogi State	over 50	...police descended on Ogaminana at 8.30 pm on February 26, killing and brutalizing mostly elderly men, women and children in a reprisal attack that has sent shock and outrage throughout the country.[44]

Literature

• Isaac Terwase Sampson, "Religious violence in Nigeria: Causal diagnoses and strategic recommendations to the state and religious communities", African Journal on Conflict Resolution (2012) p. 107-112.

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