After a bloodless independence, not even the colonialist could have forecasted the amount of bloodshed that has been spilled due to greed and selfishness of our past leaders. If they had, they might have had a rethink. In order to find a solution, A need to fully understand the depth and root of violence via history is needed to reach a logical conclusion and solution.
1966 January 14-15. First military coup. Balewa and other prominent leaders were killed. Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi became Head of State on January.

1966 July 29. Second military coup. Ironsi was killed. Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon became Head of State. Many Easterners in the North were massacred. Exodus began in the Eastern Region.

1967 May 30 Ojukwu, military governor of the Eastern Region, declared the Eastern Region to be the Independent Republic of Biafra. 1967 July 6. Civil War began.

1970 January 15. Biafra surrendered and rejoined Nigeria. over 3million Lives lost, mainly to starvation.

1976 February 13. Fourth military coup, led by Col. Dimka. Murtala Muhammed was killed. Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo became Head of State on the following day.

1980 May. Religious violence in Zaria. Much properties were destroyed. December 18-20 Riots in Kano. The Maitatsine sect, 4,177 were killed.

1982 October 3. Disturbances in Kaduna, Kaduna State. 53 killed and many churches were burnt.

1982 October 29-30. Further trouble in Maiduguri, Borno State, Maitatsine sects. 118 killed.

1983, political crisis in akure, ondo state known as omoboriowo crisis. many lives were lost and properties destroyed.

1984 February 27 . Disturbance in Yola, Gongola State. Maitatsine sect, 568 died.

1985 April 26-28 Riot in Gombe, Bauchi State. Maitatsine sect. 105 died.

1986 7th Coup, Coup attempt by General Mamman Vatsa fails. Coup plotters were executed in March.

1986 March, Palm Sunday. Christians and Muslims clash during processions in Ilorin, Kwara State.

1986 May. At the University of Ibadan, Muslims burn the figure of the Risen Christ at the Catholic Chapel of the Resurrection.

1987 March 5th and following day In Kafanchan, Kaduna State. Christians and Muslims clash at the College of Education. 100 Churches and Mosques burnt.

1987 March. Katsina, Funtua, Zaria, Gussau and Kaduna (Kaduna State). A wave of religious riots, many churches were burnt and properties destroyed, and many lives were lost.

1990 April 22. Coup Attempt by Major Gideon Orkah. 42 coup plotters were executed on July 27.

1991 April In Katsina, several lives were lost. Sh?ite sect in Katsina led by Malam Yahaya Yakubu stirs up trouble. At the end of April, in Tafawa Balewa (Bauchi State) over 200 lives were lost, and properties and 20 churches were destroyed.

1991 October 14- 15. In Kano, the attempt of the Izala sect to stop Rev. Bonnke from preaching became violent Thousands of lives were lost and properties destroyed.

1992 February 6th and then May 15-16 Zango Kataf, Zaria, Kaduna State Communal clash becomes a religious clash, with lives and properties destroyed Funtua (Katsina State). Kalakato religious sect assaults a village head. 50 lives were lost and properties destroyed.

1999. May 20. Muslim-Christian riots in Kaduna, for three days, several hundred were feared dead.
1999. May 29. ijaw and Itsekiri fight in Delta Region, over 200 were killed. also ife and modakeke crisis. many lives were lost.
1999. July 18 Hausa and Yoruba riot in Shagamu, over 60 were killed. This leads to trouble in Kano where over 70 were killed. August 11. About 200 killed as the army intervened in Taraba State October. November 25. Yoruba and Hausa clash in Lagos, about 100 killed.

2000 February. Riots in Kaduna over the introduction of Sharia. Over 400 were killed.

2001 September 7. Christian-Muslim conflicts in Jos. Over 500 killed.
2001 October 12-14 In Kano, there were anti-American riots, because of USA intervention in Afghanistan. At least 350 killed. October 12. 19 soldiers were killed after feuds near Benue and Taraba States. October 21-22 The massacre of 200 civilians in Benue State by soldiers, in retaliation for 19 soldiers who were killed. No one is held accountable for the massacre.

Any useful addition is welcome.

So make we roast egg?

What is the maitatsine sect@op
The guy above me though

Who noticed that 80% of religious / ethnic crisis comes from a particular area.

Something happened in America then they start killing in Nigeria. The Imams and leaders keep inciting their mostly illiterate and uninformed followers.

They see violence as a religious rite, therefore anything done in the name of their religion is not criminal or a crime. In the end no one is held responsible, then the cycle keeps repeating itself.

Nigeria has turned to a killing field since the first coup,the Nigerian soil has been soaked with so much blood and the carnage still continues