In 2002, more than 200 people were killed and dozens of churches attacked during three days of rioting in the north over Nigeria's hosting of the Miss World beauty pageant. 
Mwaka 2002, zaidi ya watu 200 waliuawa na makumi mawili ya makanisa kushambuliwa wakati wa machafuko ya siku tatu mfululizo huko kaskazini kufuatia Nigeria kuwa mwenyeji wa shindano la kumpata mlimbwende wa Dunia .