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ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">←</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Nigeria" title="2023 in Nigeria">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Nigeria" title="2022 in Nigeria">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Nigeria" title="2021 in Nigeria">2021</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div> </td><td style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nigeria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/90px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/135px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/180px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td class="summary" style="text-align:center; width:50%; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:110%"><a href="/wiki/AD_2024" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 2024">2024</a></span><br /> in<br /> <span class="adr"><span class="country-name location"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:88%; background:#f3f3f3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">→</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Nigeria" title="2025 in Nigeria">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_2026" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 2026">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_2027" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 2027">2027</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:2000s in Nigeria">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:2010s in Nigeria">2010s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Nigeria" title="Category:2020s in Nigeria">2020s</a></b></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024" title="2024">Other events of 2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Nigerian_history" title="Timeline of Nigerian history">Timeline of Nigerian history</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events in the year <b>2024 in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_government">Federal government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Federal government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Nigeria" title="President of Nigeria">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a> (APC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Nigeria" title="Vice President of Nigeria">Vice President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kashim_Shettima" title="Kashim Shettima">Kashim Shettima</a> (APC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Nigerian_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Nigerian Senate">Senate President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Godswill_Akpabio" title="Godswill Akpabio">Godswill Akpabio</a> (APC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria">House Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tajudeen_Abbas" title="Tajudeen Abbas">Tajudeen Abbas</a> (APC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Nigeria" title="Chief Justice of Nigeria">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Olukayode_Ariwoola" title="Olukayode Ariwoola">Olukayode Ariwoola</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024_Nigeria_floods" title="2024 Nigeria floods">2024 Nigeria floods</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_Lekki_flood" title="2024 Lekki flood">2024 Lekki flood</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>7 January – Five people are killed more than 30 others are rescued after a boat capsizes along the <a href="/wiki/Niger_River" title="Niger River">Niger River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 January – A two-year <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> investigation accuses the <a href="/wiki/Synagogue_Church_of_All_Nations" title="Synagogue Church of All Nations">Synagogue Church of All Nations</a> founder <a href="/wiki/T._B._Joshua" class="mw-redirect" title="T. B. Joshua">T. B. Joshua</a> of rape and torture.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 January – At least 20 people are feared dead after an accident involving two passenger boats.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 January: <ul><li>Bandits attack <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Armed_Forces" title="Nigerian Armed Forces">soldiers</a> at a military base in Nahuta, <a href="/wiki/Katsina_State" title="Katsina State">Katsina State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eight people are killed and 100 others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the boundary of <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State">Kebbi States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>17 January – Two people are killed and 77 others injured during a blast caused by explosives stored for use in <a href="/wiki/Illegal_mining" title="Illegal mining">illegal mining</a> operations at a dozen buildings in <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 January – At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 11: <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> loses 2–1 against <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_national_football_team" title="Ivory Coast national football team">Ivory Coast</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_final" title="2023 Africa Cup of Nations final">2023 Africa Cup of Nations final</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>7 March – <a href="/wiki/Kuriga_kidnapping" title="Kuriga kidnapping">Kuriga kidnapping</a>: More than 200 pupils and a teacher are kidnapped in the town of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuriga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuriga (page does not exist)">Kuriga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chikun" title="Chikun">Chikun</a> <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Area</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaduna_State" title="Kaduna State">Kaduna State</a></li> <li>22 March – 14 people are rescued from kidnappers by the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Army" title="Nigerian Army">Nigerian Army</a> and local vigilante groups in <a href="/wiki/Katsina_State" title="Katsina State">Katsina State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 March – <a href="/wiki/Kuriga_kidnapping" title="Kuriga kidnapping">Kuriga kidnapping</a>: The pupils <a href="/wiki/Kidnap" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidnap">kidnapped</a> on March 7 from schools in Kuriga are freed.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>18 April – A schoolgirl who was abducted during the <a href="/wiki/Chibok_kidnapping" class="mw-redirect" title="Chibok kidnapping">Chibok kidnapping</a> in 2014 is rescued by authorities along with her three children in <a href="/wiki/Gwoza" title="Gwoza">Gwoza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in <a href="/wiki/Shiroro" title="Shiroro">Shiroro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in <a href="/wiki/Suleja" title="Suleja">Suleja</a> after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>10 May – Nine students are abducted by gunmen from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Confluence_University_of_Science_and_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Confluence University of Science and Technology (page does not exist)">Confluence University of Science and Technology</a> in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Osara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osara (page does not exist)">Osara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kogi_State" title="Kogi State">Kogi State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 May – Eight people are killed in an attack on a mosque in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gadan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gadan (page does not exist)">Gadan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kano_State" title="Kano State">Kano State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 May – At least 40 people are killed in an attack on the village of <a href="/wiki/Zurak" title="Zurak">Zurak</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wase,_Nigeria" title="Wase, Nigeria">Wase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 May: <ul><li>Authorities rescue 350 <a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a> hostages in the <a href="/wiki/Sambisa_Forest" title="Sambisa Forest">Sambisa Forest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Seven students are killed after inhaling fumes from a generator overnight inside a music studio in <a href="/wiki/Yenagoa" title="Yenagoa">Yenagoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bayelsa_State" title="Bayelsa State">Bayelsa State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>24 May – Ten people are killed while 160 others are abducted in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the village of Kuchi in <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 May – Nigeria readopts <i><a href="/wiki/Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee" title="Nigeria, We Hail Thee">Nigeria, We Hail Thee</a></i>, which was the country's <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> from 1960 to 1978, as its national anthem, replacing <i><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Arise, O Compatriots</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 May – <b><a href="/wiki/2024_Aba_killings" title="2024 Aba killings">2024 Aba killings</a></b>: Eleven people, including five soldiers, are killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Nigeria" title="Aba, Nigeria">Aba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>3 June: <ul><li>A strike by the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Labour_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Labour Congress">Nigerian Labour Congress</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Trade_Union_Congress_of_Nigeria_(2005)" title="Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (2005)">Trade Union Congress of Nigeria</a> disrupts operations at <a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Azikiwe_International_Airport" title="Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport">Abuja</a> and <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport" title="Murtala Muhammed International Airport">Lagos Airports</a> and causes nationwide power outages.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Thirty miners are reported trapped after a gold mine collapses in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Galadima_Kogo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galadima Kogo (page does not exist)">Galadima Kogo</a>, Niger State.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>10 June: <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict" title="Nigerian bandit conflict">Nigerian bandit conflict</a>: At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, after gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in <a href="/wiki/Katsina_State" title="Katsina State">Katsina State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>22 June: At least seven people are killed and 100 others are kidnapped after gunmen attack the village of Maidabino in <a href="/wiki/Katsina_State" title="Katsina State">Katsina State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>29 June – <b><a href="/wiki/2024_Borno_State_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Borno State bombings">2024 Borno State bombings</a></b>: A series of bombings in <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a> kill 18 people and injure 30 others.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>12 July – <a href="/wiki/2024_Saints_Academy_college_collapse" title="2024 Saints Academy college collapse">2024 Saints Academy college collapse</a>: At least 22 students are killed and 132 others injured after a school building collapses in <a href="/wiki/Jos" title="Jos">Jos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 July – The <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Labour_Congress" title="Nigeria Labour Congress">Nigeria Labour Congress</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Trade_Union_Congress_of_Nigeria_(2005)" title="Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (2005)">Trade Union Congress</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian government">Nigerian government</a> agree on a new <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_naira" title="Nigerian naira">₦</a>70,000 (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>43) per month, ending prolonged negotiations amid high <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Hard_currency" title="Hard currency">weakening currency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 July–11 August – <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics">Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 July – A court in <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a> convicts 125 people on charges of membership and financing of Boko Haram following a two-day mass trial and sentences them to varying prison terms.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>31 July – Sixteen people are killed and at least 24 others are injured in a bomb attack on a market in <a href="/wiki/Kawori" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawori">Kawori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 August–ongoing – <a href="/wiki/End_Bad_Governance_protests" title="End Bad Governance protests">End Bad Governance protests</a>: Eleven people are killed, and one journalist is arrested as nationwide protests occur amidst a <a href="/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis" title="Cost-of-living crisis">cost-of-living crisis</a> and rising costs, which Nigerians blame on President <a href="/wiki/Bola_Tinubu" title="Bola Tinubu">Bola Tinubu</a>'s new reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A curfew is declared in <a href="/wiki/Kano_State" title="Kano State">Kano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jigawa_State" title="Jigawa State">Jigawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yobe_State" title="Yobe State">Yobe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katsina_State" title="Katsina State">Katsina States</a> in response to the violence.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 August – Seven Polish students and faculty of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warsaw" title="University of Warsaw">University of Warsaw</a> are arrested in Kano State on suspicion of displaying Russian flags during protests.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are released on 28 August.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 August – Police detain tailors who made <a href="/wiki/Russian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian flag">Russian flags</a> that were used in anti-government protests in Kano State.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 August – A boat sinks following an engine explosion in <a href="/wiki/Bayelsa_State" title="Bayelsa State">Bayelsa State</a>, killing at least 20 people.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15 August – At least 20 students of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maiduguri" title="University of Maiduguri">University of Maiduguri</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Jos" title="University of Jos">University of Jos</a> are abducted by unidentified gunmen along the <a href="/wiki/Otukpo" title="Otukpo">Otukpo</a> road in <a href="/wiki/Benue_State" title="Benue State">Benue State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are subsequently freed on 23 August.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 August – At least 13 farmers are killed by unidentified gunmen in <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 August – Two <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Police_Force" title="Nigeria Police Force">police officers</a> are killed and three others are injured in an attack in <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>. A police spokesperson says that the proscribed <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Movement_(Nigeria)" title="Islamic Movement (Nigeria)">Islamic Movement of Nigeria</a> was responsible for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 August – <ul><li>A one-week nationwide doctors' strike begins in protest over the abduction of one of their members, Ganiyat Popoola, who remains in captivity after being kidnapped in <a href="/wiki/Kaduna" title="Kaduna">Kaduna</a> in December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At least 49 people are killed and more than 40,000 people are displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains in <a href="/wiki/Adamawa_State" title="Adamawa State">Adamawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jigawa_State" title="Jigawa State">Jigawa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taraba_State" title="Taraba State">Taraba States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>27 August – The United States donates 10,000 doses of <a href="/wiki/Mpox" title="Mpox">mpox</a> vaccines to Nigeria, making it the first African country to receive them.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>31 August – <a href="/wiki/Chidimma_Adetshina" title="Chidimma Adetshina">Chidimma Adetshina</a>, who withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss Universe South Africa">Miss Universe South Africa</a> 2024 competition due to racist abuse, is crowned as <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_Nigeria" title="Miss Universe Nigeria">Miss Universe Nigeria</a> 2024, defeating 24 other contestants.<sup id="cite_ref-l862_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l862-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 September – <a href="/wiki/Tarmuwa_massacre" title="Tarmuwa massacre">Tarmuwa massacre</a>: At least 130 people are killed after a <a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram</a> attack on <a href="/wiki/Tarmuwa" title="Tarmuwa">Tarmuwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yobe_State" title="Yobe State">Yobe State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 September – At least 52 people and 50 <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a> are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a <a href="/wiki/Tank_truck" title="Tank truck">fuel tanker</a> and a truck in <a href="/wiki/Agaie" title="Agaie">Agaie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 September – The <a href="/wiki/State_Security_Service_(Nigeria)" title="State Security Service (Nigeria)">State Security department</a> arrests <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ajaero" title="Joe Ajaero">Joe Ajaero</a>, the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Labour_Congress" title="Nigeria Labour Congress">Nigeria Labour Congress</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Abuja_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Abuja Airport">Abuja Airport</a>, days after he criticised the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian government">Nigerian government</a> for raising gas prices.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 September – <a href="/wiki/2024_Alau_Dam_collapse" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Alau Dam collapse">2024 Alau Dam collapse</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Alau_Dam" title="Alau Dam">Alau Dam</a> collapses in <a href="/wiki/Borno_State" title="Borno State">Borno State</a> following heavy rains, resulting in floods that inundate 15% of the state capital <a href="/wiki/Maiduguri" title="Maiduguri">Maiduguri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and killing more than 80% of animals in the <a href="/wiki/Sanda_Kyarimi_Park_Zoo" title="Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo">Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least 30 people are reported killed due to flooding in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 September – <ul><li>Thirteen people abducted by an unidentified armed group are rescued by the Nigerian Army in <a href="/wiki/Kaduna_State" title="Kaduna State">Kaduna State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A boat capsizes near <a href="/wiki/Gummi,_Nigeria" title="Gummi, Nigeria">Gummi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zamfara_State" title="Zamfara State">Zamfara State</a>, killing at least 40 people.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>15 September – Over 280 inmates are reported to have escaped from a prison in Maiduguri due to damage to prison walls caused by floods.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 September – At least 25 children are killed when a bus carrying <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> celebrating <a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a> collides with a truck in <a href="/wiki/Lere,_Nigeria" title="Lere, Nigeria">Lere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaduna_State" title="Kaduna State">Kaduna State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 September – An overloaded boat carrying 300 passengers capsizes along the <a href="/wiki/Niger_River" title="Niger River">Niger River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mokwa" title="Mokwa">Mokwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a>, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 100 others missing.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>15 October – At least 170 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an overturned fuel truck <a href="/wiki/2024_Majiya_fuel_tanker_explosion" title="2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion">explodes</a> while residents were trying to collect its cargo in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Majiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Majiya (page does not exist)">Majiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jigawa_State" title="Jigawa State">Jigawa State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 October – The <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senate</a> begins a probe into allegations that personnel of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_State_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of State Services">Department of State Services</a> had taken over the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_Complex" title="National Assembly Complex">National Assembly Complex</a> in a move to impeach the President of the Senate, <a href="/wiki/Godswill_Akpabio" title="Godswill Akpabio">Godswill Akpabio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23 October – President Tinubu implements a cabinet reshuffle that results in the dismissal of the ministers of education, tourism, women's affairs and youth development as well as the junior minister for housing.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 October – A <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-76" title="Sikorsky S-76">Sikorsky S-76</a> helicopter chartered by the <a href="/wiki/NNPC_Limited" title="NNPC Limited">Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation</a> crashes into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Calabar" title="Calabar">Calabar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River State</a>. Five people are killed while the remaining three passengers are reported missing.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>27 October – A partially-demolished building collapses in Sabon-Lugbe, <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>, killing seven people.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>30 October – "Scores" of civilians are killed in an airstrike by the Chadian military on a group of fishermen mistaken to be Boko Haram militants in Tilma island on the Nigerian side of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Chad" title="Lake Chad">Lake Chad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>18 November – At least seven members of the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Security_and_Civil_Defence_Corps" title="Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps">Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps</a> are reported missing following a Boko Haram attack on their convoy in <a href="/wiki/Shiroro" title="Shiroro">Shiroro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a> that also leaves 50 attackers dead.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art_and_entertainment">Art and entertainment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Art and entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film" title="List of Nigerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film">List of Nigerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Holidays">Holidays</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Holidays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Nigeria" title="Public holidays in Nigeria">Public holidays in Nigeria</a></div> <p><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span>:<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1 January - New Year's Day</li> <li>29 March – <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a></li> <li>1 April - <a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a></li> <li>11 April – <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a></li> <li>1 May - <a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">International Workers' Day</a></li> <li>12 June - <a href="/wiki/Democracy_Day_(Nigeria)" title="Democracy Day (Nigeria)">Democracy Day</a></li> <li>17 June – <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a></li> <li>15 September – <a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Milad un-Nabi</a></li> <li>1 October – <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Nigeria)" title="Independence Day (Nigeria)">Independence Day</a></li> <li>25 December – <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a></li> <li>26 December – <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>3 January – <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Brodrick" title="Sebastian Brodrick">Sebastian Brodrick</a>, 85, Olympic footballer (<a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 January – <a href="/wiki/Anezi_Okoro" title="Anezi Okoro">Anezi Okoro</a>, 94, author (<i><a href="/wiki/One_Week_One_Trouble" title="One Week One Trouble">One Week One Trouble</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>4 February – <a href="/wiki/Bukar_Ibrahim" title="Bukar Ibrahim">Bukar Ibrahim</a>, 73, politician, <a href="/wiki/Senate_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate (Nigeria)">senator</a> (2007–2019) and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Yobe_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Yobe State">governor of Yobe State</a> (1992–1993, 1999–2007).<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 February – <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Solanke" title="Jimi Solanke">Jimi Solanke</a>, 81, actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Sango_(film)" title="Sango (film)">Sango</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Parties" title="Shadow Parties">Shadow Parties</a></i>), poet, and playwright.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 February – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Chike_Edozien" title="Joseph Chike Edozien">Joseph Chike Edozien</a>, 98, traditional ruler, king of <a href="/wiki/Asaba" title="Asaba">Asaba</a> (since 1990).<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7 February – <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Ekpe" title="Ethel Ekpe">Ethel Ekpe</a>, 60, actress (<i><a href="/wiki/Basi_and_Company" title="Basi and Company">Basi and Company</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 February: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abimbola_Ogunbanjo" title="Abimbola Ogunbanjo">Abimbola Ogunbanjo</a>, 61, businessman.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wigwe" title="Herbert Wigwe">Herbert Wigwe</a>, 57, banker.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>10 February – <a href="/wiki/Jones_Arogbofa" title="Jones Arogbofa">Jones Arogbofa</a>, 71, military officer, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_President_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Staff to the President (Nigeria)">chief of staff to the president</a> (2014–2015).<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 February – <a href="/wiki/Folake_Onayemi" title="Folake Onayemi">Folake Onayemi</a>, 59, literary scholar.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 February – <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Osuji" title="Fabian Osuji">Fabian Osuji</a>, 82, politician, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Education_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)">minister of education</a> (2003–2005).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 March – <a href="/wiki/John_Okafor" title="John Okafor">John Okafor</a>, 62, actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Issakaba" title="Issakaba">Issakaba</a></i>) and comedian.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 March – <a href="/wiki/Eze_V._B._C._Onyema_III" title="Eze V. B. C. Onyema III">Eze V. B. C. Onyema III</a>, 97, traditional ruler of <a href="/wiki/Ogbaru" title="Ogbaru">Ogwu-Ikpele</a> (since 1976).<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 March – <a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Sodangi" title="Abubakar Sodangi">Abubakar Sodangi</a>, 70, politician, <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">senator</a> (1999–2011).</li> <li>14 March – <a href="/wiki/Lekan_Balogun_(monarch)" title="Lekan Balogun (monarch)">Lekan Balogun</a>, 81, monarch.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 March – <a href="/wiki/Amaechi_Muonagor" title="Amaechi Muonagor">Amaechi Muonagor</a>, 61, actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Karishika" title="Karishika">Karishika</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Aki_na_Ukwa" title="Aki na Ukwa">Aki na Ukwa</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Aki_and_Pawpaw" title="Aki and Pawpaw">Aki and Pawpaw</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 March – <a href="/wiki/Wole_Oguntokun" title="Wole Oguntokun">Wole Oguntokun</a>, 56, playwright.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 April – <a href="/wiki/Ali_Chiroma" title="Ali Chiroma">Ali Chiroma</a>, 91, trade unionist, president of the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Labour_Congress" title="Nigeria Labour Congress">Nigeria Labour Congress</a> (1984–1988).</li> <li>7 April – <a href="/wiki/Aderounmu_Adejumoke" title="Aderounmu Adejumoke">Aderounmu Adejumoke</a>, 40, actress (<i><a href="/wiki/Dazzling_Mirage" title="Dazzling Mirage">Dazzling Mirage</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Industreet" title="Industreet">Industreet</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jenifa%27s_Diary" title="Jenifa's Diary">Jenifa's Diary</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8 April – <a href="/wiki/Bright_Esieme" title="Bright Esieme">Bright Esieme</a>, 31, footballer (<a href="/wiki/Enyimba_F.C." title="Enyimba F.C.">Enyimba</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 April – <a href="/wiki/Saratu_Gidado" title="Saratu Gidado">Saratu Gidado</a>, 56, actress.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 April – <a href="/wiki/Junior_Pope" title="Junior Pope">Junior Pope</a>, 39, actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Professor_Johnbull" title="Professor Johnbull">Professor Johnbull</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11 April – <a href="/wiki/Ogbonnaya_Onu" title="Ogbonnaya Onu">Ogbonnaya Onu</a>, 72, politician, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Innovation,_Science_and_Technology" title="Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology">minister of science</a> (2015–2022) and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Abia_State" title="Governor of Abia State">governor of Abia State</a> (1992–1993).<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 April – <a href="/wiki/Rafiu_Adebayo_Ibrahim" title="Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim">Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim</a>, 57, politician, <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">senator</a> (2015–2019) and member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">House of Representatives</a> (2011–2015).</li> <li>23 April – <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Adigwe" title="Zulu Adigwe">Zulu Adigwe</a>, actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Basi_and_Company" title="Basi and Company">Basi and Company</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Issakaba" title="Issakaba">Issakaba</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Living_in_Bondage:_Breaking_Free" title="Living in Bondage: Breaking Free">Living in Bondage: Breaking Free</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 April – <a href="/wiki/Ayogu_Eze" title="Ayogu Eze">Ayogu Eze</a>, 65, politician, <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">senator</a> (2007–2015).<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 May – <a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Evoeme" title="Lizzy Evoeme">Lizzy Evoeme</a>, 81, actress (<i><a href="/wiki/New_Masquerade" title="New Masquerade">New Masquerade</a></i>).</li> <li>9 May – <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida_(footballer)" title="Ibrahim Babangida (footballer)">Ibrahim Babangida</a>, 47, footballer (<a href="/wiki/FC_Volendam" title="FC Volendam">FC Volendam</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 May: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garba_Duba" title="Garba Duba">Garba Duba</a>, 82, army general and politician, governor of <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Sokoto_State" title="List of governors of Sokoto State">Sokoto State</a> (1984–1985) and <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Bauchi_State" title="List of governors of Bauchi State">Bauchi State</a> (1978–1979).<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ekubia" title="Tony Ekubia">Tony Ekubia</a>, 64, Nigerian-British boxer.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>19 May – <a href="/wiki/Bola_Afonja" title="Bola Afonja">Bola Afonja</a>, 81, politician, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Labour_and_Employment_(Nigeria)" title="Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (Nigeria)">minister of labour</a> (1993).<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 May – <a href="/wiki/Ayo_Banjo" title="Ayo Banjo">Ayo Banjo</a>, 90, academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ibadan" title="University of Ibadan">University of Ibadan</a> (1984–1991).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 May – <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Lamorde" title="Ibrahim Lamorde">Ibrahim Lamorde</a>, 61, police officer, chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Financial_Crimes_Commission" title="Economic and Financial Crimes Commission">Economic and Financial Crimes Commission</a> (2011–2015).<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>14 June – <a href="/wiki/Tagwai_Sambo" title="Tagwai Sambo">Tagwai Sambo</a>, 87, traditional ruler, chief of <a href="/wiki/Moroa" title="Moroa">Moroa</a> (since 1966).</li> <li>17 June – <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Ogunniyi_Otunla" title="Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla">Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla</a>, 69, financial accountant, <a href="/wiki/Accountant-General_of_the_Federation" title="Accountant-General of the Federation">Accountant-General of the Federation</a> (2011–2015).<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 June – <a href="/wiki/Ekene_Abubakar_Adams" title="Ekene Abubakar Adams">Ekene Abubakar Adams</a>, 39, member of parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>30 July – <a href="/wiki/Onyeka_Onwenu" title="Onyeka Onwenu">Onyeka Onwenu</a>, 72, singer-songwriter and actress (<i><a href="/wiki/Half_of_a_Yellow_Sun_(film)" title="Half of a Yellow Sun (film)">Half of a Yellow Sun</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lionheart_(2018_film)" title="Lionheart (2018 film)">Lionheart</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 November – <a href="/wiki/Taoreed_Lagbaja" title="Taoreed Lagbaja">Taoreed Lagbaja</a>, 56, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria)">chief of army staff</a> (since 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="2024 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="2024 in the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Djibouti" title="2024 in Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Egypt" title="2024 in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="2024 in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Eritrea" title="2024 in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Eswatini" title="2024 in Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Ethiopia" title="2024 in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Gabon" title="2024 in Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_the_Gambia" title="2024 in the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Ghana" title="2024 in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Guinea" title="2024 in Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="2024 in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Ivory_Coast" title="2024 in Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Kenya" title="2024 in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Lesotho" title="2024 in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Liberia" title="2024 in Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Libya" title="2024 in Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Madagascar" title="2024 in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Malawi" title="2024 in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Mali" title="2024 in Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Mauritania" title="2024 in Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Mauritius" title="2024 in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Morocco" title="2024 in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Mozambique" title="2024 in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Namibia" title="2024 in Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Niger" title="2024 in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Rwanda" title="2024 in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="2024 in São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Senegal" title="2024 in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Seychelles" title="2024 in Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Sierra_Leone" title="2024 in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Somalia" title="2024 in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_South_Africa" title="2024 in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_South_Sudan" title="2024 in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Sudan" title="2024 in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Tanzania" title="2024 in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Togo" title="2024 in Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Tunisia" title="2024 in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Uganda" title="2024 in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Zambia" title="2024 in Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Zimbabwe" title="2024 in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">States with limited<br />recognition</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (page does not exist)">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Somaliland" title="2024 in Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Dependencies and<br />other territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_the_Canary_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in the Canary Islands (page does not exist)">Canary Islands</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Ceuta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Ceuta (page does not exist)">Ceuta</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Melilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Melilla (page does not exist)">Melilla</a>  <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Madeira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Madeira (page does not exist)">Madeira</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Mayotte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Mayotte (page does not exist)">Mayotte</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_R%C3%A9union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Réunion (page does not exist)">Réunion</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Saint_Helena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Saint Helena (page does not exist)">Saint Helena</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Ascension_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Ascension Island (page does not exist)">Ascension Island</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_in_Tristan_da_Cunha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 in Tristan da Cunha (page does not exist)">Tristan da Cunha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United Kingdom)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Years_in_Nigeria_(1960–present)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Years_in_Nigeria" title="Template:Years in Nigeria"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Years_in_Nigeria" title="Template talk:Years in Nigeria"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Years_in_Nigeria" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Years in Nigeria"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Years_in_Nigeria_(1960–present)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Nigeria" title="List of years in Nigeria">Years</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> (1960–present)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1901_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1901 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1902_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1902 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1904_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1904 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1908_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1908 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1909 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1918</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1938</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Nigeria" title="1960 in Nigeria">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Nigeria" title="1961 in Nigeria">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Nigeria" title="1962 in Nigeria">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Nigeria" title="1963 in Nigeria">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Nigeria" title="1964 in Nigeria">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Nigeria" title="1966 in Nigeria">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Nigeria" title="1967 in Nigeria">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Nigeria" title="1977 in Nigeria">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_in_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 in Nigeria (page does not exist)">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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