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Date | Description (cause) | Consequences |
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1987 | Retaliatory Muslim religious riots that extended to Katsina, Funtua, Zaria, and Gusau following Muslim-Christian riots at Kafanchan College of Education. | Numerous church buildings burnt down; Christian property damaged; many lives lost |
1987 | Queen Amina College Students’ religious clash over female Muslim students’ demand to wear Islamic uniform | Christian students and staff attacked. |
1988 | Religious riots, ostensibly among Kaduna Polytechnic Students | Destroyed the foundation wall of the Christian chapel |
1992 | A communal feud between the Katafs and Hausas that ultimately took the dimension of inter-religion war (Muslim versus Christian) in the major cities of Kaduna State (including Kaduna city) | Several lives were lost and property destroyed |
2000 | Muslim-Christian conflict over Sharia law | 2,000–5,000 people were killed; ethnic cleansing; extensive property damage |
2002 | Miss World riots including Abuja; Muslim-Christian clash after newspaper article. | 250 people were killed; 20,000–30,000 people displaced; widespread property damage |
From, especially, early 2010’s | “Boko Haram” (antiwestern education) insurgency/terrorist group activities | Bombings, suicide bombings, killings using guns; adoption of people; several thousands of people were killed; mosques and, at least, 750 churches burnt down in northern Nigeria |
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