Major terrorists attacks that shook Nigeria in 2025
Nigeria recorded a series of deadly attacks by terrorists across the country in 2025, leading to the killing of over 2,200 unsuspecting citizens in just the first half of the year.
There was a sharp increase in insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West and North-Central, with significant rise in communal clashes in the middle-belt and parts of the South-South regions.
The attacks and killings deteriorated in the last quarter of the year with about 82 persons reportedly killed in December alone.
SOCIETYWATCH reports that over two million people were abducted for either ransom or organ harvesting across the country especially in the North-West and North-Central.
On June 13, 2025, armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked the Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed unarmed farmers and traders.
In just a single night, nearly 200 people were gruesomely massacred in the unfortunate attack that kept the nation on a standstill for over a week.
According to reports, earlier the same day, police repelled the attackers when they tried to invade the Yelewata’s St. Joseph’s Church, where up to 700 IDPs lay sleeping.
