2004 Feb 6: Nigeria ordered an investigation into allegations that a Halliburton Co. subsidiary paid $180 million in bribes to land a natural gas project (1995-2002), while US Vice President Dick Cheney was head of Halliburton.

2009 Feb 6: Government reported that 84 infants and children have died after swallowing My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture, teething syrup laced with diethylene glycol. A failed bid to smuggle a bus filled with rice into Nigeria from Niger left seven people dead including two customs officers set ablaze with petrol. My Pikin Baby Teething Mixture, teething syrup laced with diethylene glycol.

2014 Feb 6: Department of State Services (DSS) said that it was holding Mujahid Asari- Dokubo, leader of the outlawed Niger Delta Volunteer Force, in the latest crackdown on potential trouble before elections next year. 2014 Feb 6: DSS said that it was holding Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, leader of the outlawed Niger Delta Volunteer Force, for constituting security threat.