This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, Nigeria. Niger became independent from the United Kingdom in 1960. Some of the territory had been a British colony since 1861.
Map of Nigeria courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Usman's Jihad 1804-10
Civil War in Oyo 1817-1835
Egba Devastation 1821-30
Ibadan Civil War 1826
Ibadan-Ilorin War 1840
Ibadan Consolidation 1847-70
Ibadan-Ijaye War 1859-1861
Egba-Remo War 1861-65
Housebreaking Riots 1867
Yoruba War 1877-93
Conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate 1903
Women's War 1929-30
Nigerian Electoral Dispute 1965-66
Nigerian Ethnic Violence 1966
Nigerian Coup 1966
Biafran Secession 1967-70
Nigerian Military Coup 1975
Nigerian Coup 1976
Bakalori Protests in Nigeria 1979-80
Nigerian Maitatsine Rioting 1980-82
Nigerian Coup 1983
Nigerian Coup 1985
Nigerian Student Protests 1986
Nigeria: Jukun-Tiv Violence 1990-92
Nigeria: Kataf-Hausa Violence 1992
ECOWAS Intervention: 1997-8
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