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.[10]
19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in Shiroro, Niger State.[11]
24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in Suleja after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.[12]
10 May– Nine students are abducted by gunmen from the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State.[13]
15 May– Eight people are killed in an attack on a mosque in Gadan, Kano State.[14]