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| Year/urban area | Incidence of violence | Consequences/effects |
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| 1980, Kano | Maitatsine Islamic riots | 4,177 people dead; extensive destruction of property |
| 1982, Kano | Muslim demonstrations | Churches burnt down |
| 1982, Zaria | Religious disturbances | Destruction of mainly Christian property |
| 1982, Maiduguri | Maitatsine-Kala kato Islamic sects clash | 118 people killed |
| 1982, Yola | Maitatsine sect crisis | 584 people killed; wanton property destruction |
| 1985, Gombe | Maitatsine sect uprising | 105 people dead; great damage to property |
| 1986, Ilorin | Muslim-Christian clash during Easter Christian procession | Not available |
| 1986, University of Ibadan | Muslim demonstration | Figure of the Risen Christ-Chapel of Resurrection burnt down |
| 1991, Tafawa Balewa | Religious “war” arising from a quarrel between a Fulani and a Sayawa meat seller | Several people dead; property worth millions of Naira destroyed. |
| 1991, Kano | A bloody religious violence arising from a procession by the Izala Islamic sect to foil Rev. Reinherd Bonke (a German’s) Christian crusade | Thousands of lives lost; property valued at millions of Naira destroyed |
| 2001, Jos | An extensive Muslim-Christian rioting | 2,000 lives lost; so many people displaced and damage/destruction of major property |
| 2010, Jos | Secret killings by fake soldiers | Over 300 people dead; over 800 people wounded; over 3,000 people made refuges |
| 2010, Jos suburb (Zot, Dogo Na Hauwa, and Rastat villages) | Massacres by Fulani Nomads | 500 Christian Berom (ethnic) people massacred |
| 2011, Jos (North Local Government Area) | Postelection riots | 500–1,000 people and 4 pastors killed; 16 churches destroyed |
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