2001 in Nigeria

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See also:	Other events of 2001 Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 2001 in Nigeria

Incumbents

• President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP) ^[1]
• Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP) ^[2]

Governors

• Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu
• Adamawa State: Boni Haruna
• Akwa Ibom State: Victor Attah
• Anambra State: Chinwoke Mbadinuju
• Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu
• Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
• Benue State: George Akume
• Borno State: Mala Kachalla
• Cross River State: Donald Duke
• Delta State: James Ibori
• Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu
• Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion
• Ekiti State: Niyi Adebayo
• Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani
• Gombe State: Abubakar Habu Hashidu
• Imo State: Achike Udenwa
• Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
• Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi
• Kano State: Rabiu Kwankwaso
• Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua
• Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero
• Kogi State: Abubakar Audu
• Kwara State: Mohammed Lawal
• Lagos State: Bola Tinubu
• Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu
• Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure
• Ogun State: Olusegun Osoba
• Ondo State: Adebayo Adefarati
• Osun State: Adebisi Akande
• Oyo State: Lam Adesina
• Plateau State: Joshua Dariye
• Rivers State: Peter Odili
• Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa
• Taraba State: Jolly Nyame
• Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim
• Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima

Events

• 9 July – Death of serial killer Derico Nwamama by the Bakassi Boys. ^[3]
• 17 July – Bowen University established. ^[4]
• October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers. ^{[5] [6]}
• 23 December – The Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, is assassinated. ^[7]

Births

• 7 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athlete ^[8]

Deaths

• 23 December – Bola Ige, politician and lawyer (born 1930) ^[9]

References

1. "Olusegun Obasanjo | Biography, Age, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
2. "Nigeria election 2023: Who is Atiku Abubakar of the PDP?". BBC News. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
3. "Profiling Nigeria's Notorious Armed Robbers: (Okwudili Ndiwe aka Derico) | Pulse Nigeria". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
4. Patrick, Ndayizigamiye; Glenda, Barlow-Jones; Roelien, Brink; Stella, Bvuma; Rehana, Minty; Siyabonga, Mhlongo (9 October 2020). Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries. IGI Global. p. 307. ISBN   978-1-7998-2985-0.
5. Onishi, Norimitsu (30 October 2001). "Nigeria Army Said to Massacre Hundreds of Civilians". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
6. Ayittey, G. (30 April 2016). Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future. Springer. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-137-12278-0.
7. Hilton, John L.; Hilton, John; Gosling, Anne (2007). Alma Parens Originalis?: The Receptions of Classical Literature and Thought in Africa, Europe, the United States, and Cuba. Peter Lang. p. 168. ISBN   978-3-03910-929-6.
8. "Nzubechi Grace NWOKOCHA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
9. Whiteman, Kaye (1 January 2002). "Bola Ige". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2023.