2018 in Nigeria

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Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
• Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
• Senate President: Bukola Saraki (PDP)
• House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (PDP)
• Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen

Governors

• Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
• Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC)
• Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP)
• Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA)
• Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC)
• Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP)
• Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC)
• Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC)
• Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP)
• Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
• Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP)
• Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
• Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose (PDP) (until 16 October); Kayode Fayemi (APC) (starting 16 October)
• Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
• Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)
• Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC)
• Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC)
• Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC)
• Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC)
• Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC)
• Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC)
• Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC)
• Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC)
• Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC)
• Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC)
• Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC)
• Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC)
• Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (PDP)
• Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (APC) (until 27 November); Gboyega Oyetola (APC) (starting 27 November)
• Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC)
• Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC)
• Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
• Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
• Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP)
• Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC)
• Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC)

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

• Osun State gubernatorial election, 2018

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

Adebayo Adedeji

• 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]
• 28 December – Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria

See also

• List of Nigerian films of 2018

References

1. "Nigeria floods kill more than 100". BBC News . BBC. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
2. "Nigeria: Dozens of 'petrol thieves' killed in Aba pipeline blast". Al Jazeera . Al Jazeera Media Network. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
3. Michael, Danjuma (3 January 2018). "Kaduna ex-gov, Lawal Kaita dies at 85". guardian.ng . Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. Odigwe, Emmanuel (23 March 2018). "Former President Of The Nigeria Bar Association, Idowu Sofola, Dies At 84". theeagleonline.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
5. "Former UN Chief, Adebayo Adedeji, Dies At 87". independent.ng. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
6. "Nigerian reggae artist, Ras Kimono dies after brief illness". tvcnews.tv . Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
7. "Katsina-Alu, Former Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court, Is Dead". Sahara Reporters . 18 July 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
8. Ayodele (19 July 2018). "Ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomasie dies at 76". PunchNG . Retrieved 4 December 2021.
9. Okakwu, Evelyn (18 August 2018). "Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead". Premium Times . Retrieved 4 December 2021.