40case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026
Casepin holds 40 case files in Nigeria. By legal status, 22 marked unsolved, 5 marked ongoing and 13 marked solved.
Credit: S.aderogbaCC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenLekki Toll Gate (Admiralty Circle Plaza), Lagos, Nigeria · 2020
On 20 October 2020, Nigerian Army personnel opened fire on unarmed #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria, killing multiple people; the exact death toll remains disputed amid denials, shifting official statements, and a subsequent judicial inquiry and international rulings.
Credit: Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe DederingCC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenNyanya bus station, Abuja, Nigeria · 2014
On 14 April 2014, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring more than 200. Boko Haram claimed responsibility six days later.
UNSOLVEDListenKagoro Chiefdom, Kaura LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria · 2022
Between March 20–21, 2022, armed Fulani gunmen attacked multiple villages in Kagoro Chiefdom, Kaduna State, Nigeria, killing at least 34 people, injuring dozens, and destroying over 200 homes and 32 shops.
UNSOLVEDListenAnka and Bukkuyum local government areas, Zamfara State, Nigeria · 2022
From 4 to 6 January 2022, armed bandits attacked villages in Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas of Zamfara State, Nigeria; disputed death-toll estimates ranged from 58 to more than 200, and the violence was described as the deadliest attack of its kind in recent Nigerian history.
UNSOLVEDListenPlateau State, Nigeria · 2023
A series of armed attacks struck at least 17 rural communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, between 23 and 25 December 2023, killing at least 200 people and wounding more than 500. No group claimed responsibility, though the attacks are believed to have been carried out by Fulani militias.
UNSOLVEDListenKagoro chiefdom, Kaura LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria · 2022
Between December 19 and 25, 2022, unidentified armed groups attacked several villages in the Kagoro chiefdom of Kaduna State, Nigeria, killing more than 46 people and burning hundreds of homes.
UNSOLVEDListenNorthern Nigeria · 1966
Between May and September 1966, widespread massacres targeted Igbo people and other southern Nigerians living in Northern Nigeria, killing an estimated 8,000 to 30,000 people and displacing about one million. The violence, which followed two military coups, precipitated Eastern Nigeria's secession as Biafra and the subsequent Nigerian Civil War.
UNSOLVEDListenKonduga, Borno State, Nigeria · 2019
On 16 June 2019, three suicide bombers detonated explosives in Konduga village, Borno State, Nigeria, killing 30 people and wounding over 40 in the deadliest suicide bombing in Nigeria that year.
UNSOLVEDListenObikabia Junction, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria · 2024
On 30 May 2024, gunmen attacked a Nigerian Army checkpoint at Obikabia Junction in Aba, Nigeria, killing 5 soldiers and 6 civilians amid conflicting sit-at-home orders from separatist groups IPOB and BRGIE.
UNSOLVEDListenSoutheastern Nigeria (including Onitsha and Aba) · 2015
Between August 2015 and August 2016, Nigerian security forces killed dozens of pro-Biafra demonstrators—members and supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)—during protests across southeastern Nigeria, with Amnesty International documenting at least 150 deaths.
The files run from 1915 to 2024. The 2020s hold the most, with 20 files. The oldest is 1966 Anti-Igbo Pogrom, from 1966.
By type, the largest groups are kidnapping and abduction cases (18), arson cases (10) and murder and homicide cases (8).
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Lekki-toll-gate-lagos — Credit: S.aderogbaCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Nigeria Nasarawa State map — Credit: Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe DederingCC BY-SA 3.0Source
File:Kankara boys' secondary boarding school after kidnapping.jpg — Credit: OneNewsCC BY 3.0Source
Mary Slessor and Four Children, Old Calabar, late 19th century (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-036) — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
Nigeria Borno State map — Credit: Himalayan Explorer based on work by Uwe DederingCC BY-SA 3.0Source
40. By status: 22 unsolved, 5 ongoing and 13 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1966 Anti-Igbo Pogrom, from 1966. Open the file
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