2018 in Nigeria
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Abia State:
- Adamawa State:
- Akwa Ibom State:
- Anambra State:
- Bauchi State:
- Bayelsa State:
- Bendel State:
- Benue State:
- Borno State:
- Cross River State:
- Delta State:
- Eastern Region:
- Ebonyi State:
- Edo State:
- Ekiti State:
- Enugu State:
- Gombe State:
- Gongola State:
- Imo State:
- Jigawa State:
- Kaduna State:
- Kano State:
- Katsina State:
- Kebbi State:
- Kogi State:
- Kwara State:
- Lagos State:
- Nasarawa State:
- Niger State:
- Ogun State:
- Ondo State:
- Osun State:
- Oyo State:
- Plateau State:
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
- Sokoto State:
- Taraba State:
- Western State:
- Yobe State:
Events
- 19 February – Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping
- 17 September - Over 100 people are killed in floods after two major rivers burst their banks.[1]
- 13 October - At least 30 people are killed when a pipeline caught fire and explodes in southeast Nigeria after a raid by suspected petrol thieves.[2]
Scheduled
Popular culture
Sports
- 9 to 25 February – Nigeria participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports
Deaths
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- 2 January – Lawal Kaita, politician (b. 1932).[3]
- 22 January – Dahiru Musdapher, justice (b. 1942)
- 27 February – Joseph Bagobiri, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1957)
- 23 March – Idowu Sofola, jurist (b. 1934).[4]
- 25 April – Adebayo Adedeji, economist, academic, politician and diplomat (b 1930).[5]
- 10 June – Ras Kimono, reggae musician (b. 1958).[6]
- 18 July – A. I. Katsina-Alu, judge (b. 1941).[7]
- 19 July – Ibrahim Coomassie, police officer (b. 1942).[8]
- 18 August – Denis Edozie, Supreme Court judge (b. 1935).[9]
References
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45546695
- https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/nigeria-dozens-petrol-thieves-killed-aba-pipeline-blast-181013132945716.html
- "Kaduna ex-gov, Lawal Kaita dies at 85". guardian.ng. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- Odigwe, Emmanuel (23 March 2018). "Former President Of The Nigeria Bar Association, Idowu Sofola, Dies At 84". theeagleonline.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "Former UN Chief, Adebayo Adedeji, Dies At 87". independent.ng. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "Nigerian reggae artist, Ras Kimono dies after brief illness". tvcnews.tv. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- Katsina-Alu, Former Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court, Is Dead
- Ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomasie dies at 76
- "Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead". PREMIUM TIMES. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
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