2022 in Nigeria

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Events in the year 2022 in Nigeria .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
• Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
• Senate President: Ahmed Lawan (APC)
• House Speaker: Femi Gbajabiamila (APC)
• Chief Justice: Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (Until 27 June); Olukayode Ariwoola (Starting 27 June)

Governors

• Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
• Adamawa State: Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri PDP
• Akwa Ibom State: Udom Gabriel Emmanuel PDP
• Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA) (Until 17 March); Charles Chukwuma Soludo (APGA) (Starting 17 March)
• Bauchi State: Bala Muhammed PDP
• Bayelsa State: Duoye Diri PDP
• Benue State: Samuel Ortom PDP
• Borno State: BabaGana Umara APC
• Cross River State: Benedict Ayade PDP
• Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa PDP
• Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi PDP
• Edo State: Godwin Obaseki APC
• Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi (APC) (Until 16 October); Biodun Oyebanji (APC) (Starting 16 October)
• Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi PDP
• Gombe State: Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya APC
• Imo State: Hope Uzodinma APC
• Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar APC
• Kaduna State: Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai APC
• Kano State: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje APC
• Katsina State: Aminu Bello Masari APC
• Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu APC
• Kogi State: Yahaya Bello APC
• Kwara State: AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq APC
• Lagos State: Babajide Sanwo-Olu APC
• Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Sule APC
• Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello APC
• Ogun State: Dapo Abiodun APC
• Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu APC
• Osun State: Adegboyega Oyetola (APC) (Until 27 November); Ademola Adeleke (PDP) (Starting 27 November)
• Oyo State: Oluwaseyi Makinde PDP
• Plateau State: Simon Lalong APC
• Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike PDP
• Sokoto State: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal PDP
• Taraba State: Arch. Darius Ishaku PDP
• Yobe State: Mai Mala Buni APC
• Zamfara State: Bello Matawalle PDP

Events

Ongoing – 2022 Nigeria floods, Boko Haram insurgency, COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria, Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Nigerian bandit conflict

January

• 4–6 January – 2022 Zamfara massacres
• 14–15 January – Dankade massacre

February

• 5 February – 2022 Kebbi State local elections
• 10 February
  • Bandits raid the village of Rogoji, Bakura, Zamfara State, killing five people and causing a mass exodus from the town. ^[1] The bandits were requested to do so by a woman whose son was killed by vigilantes. ^[2]
  • Armed robbers raid a bullion van in Ibadan, Oyo State, killing six people, including two policemen. ^{[3] [4] [5]}
• 12 February – 2022 Federal Capital Territory local elections
• 23 February – 2022 Enugu State local elections

March

• 8 March – March 2022 Kebbi massacres ^{[6] [7]}
• 12 March – 2022 Imo State local elections ^[8]
• 28 March – Abuja–Kaduna train attack

April

• 9 April – 2022 Adamawa State local elections ^{[9] [10]}
• 10 April – 2022 Plateau State massacres
• 11 April – 2022 Katsina State local elections
• 19 April – 2022 Edo State local elections
• 22 April – 2022 Imo-Rivers explosion

May

• 7 May – 2022 Benue State local elections
• 12 May – Lynching of Deborah Yakubu
• 28 May – 2022 Port Harcourt stampede

June

• 5 June – Owo church attack

July

• 16 July
  • 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
  • 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election

August

• 7 August – The world-record holder in the women's 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan broke a 16-year record in that event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[11]
• 31 August – One person is killed and six others are injured after a building collapse in Kano, Kano State. ^[12]

September

• 5 September – Six people are killed after a building collapses in Lagos. ^[13]
• 12 September – Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra. ^[14]
• 21 September – Fulani herdsmen shoot and kill 14 civilians in Logo, Benue State. ^[15]
• 24 September – Fifteen people are killed and many others are injured after armed bandits attacked a mosque in Zamfara. ^[16]

October

• 5 October – Abuja–Kaduna train attack: The Nigerian military says it has secured the release of the last 23 passengers taken hostage in late March. ^[17]
• 8 October – At least 76 people are killed after a boat carrying people fleeing floodwater capsizes in Anambra State. ^[18]
• 17 October – The death toll from the ongoing floods across Nigeria, which started in early summer, increases to more than 600. ^[19]
• 18 October – Multiple people are killed and 10 others are abducted after gunmen storm a hospital in Niger State. ^[20]

November

• 8 November – Four people are killed and twelve others are injured by a bombing in Anambra State. ^[21]
• 11 November – Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State. ^[22]

December

• 7 December – The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will limit individual cash withdrawals to 100,000 Nigerian naira (225 USD) per week to reduce counterfeiting and to discourage ransom payments to kidnappers. ^[23]
• 20 December – Nigerian bandit conflict: At least 38 people are killed and several houses are torched during two attacks at two villages in Kagoro, Kaduna State. ^[24]
• 29 December – Fourteen people are killed and 24 more injured after a drunk driver ploughed into crowds at the annual carnival parade in Calabar. ^[25]

Culture

Further information: 2022 in African music and List of Nigerian films of 2022

January

• 1 January –Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke released on Netflix ^[26]

May

• 8 May – 8th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards

Deaths

• 1 January –
  • Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2018–2019) and bishop (since 2019) of Ilorin. ^[27]
  • Anthony Obi, 69, politician, military administrator of Osun State (1996–1998). ^[28]
• 2 January – Saliu Adetunji, 93, traditional ruler, Olubadan of Ibadan (since 2016). ^[29]
• 3 January – Bashir Tofa, 74, Nigerian politician, MP (1977–1979)
• 11 January – Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State. ^[30]
• 29 January – Ibrahim Naʼiddah, 68, Nigerian politician, MLA from Zamfara State. ^[31]
• 8 February – Abdulkadir Abubakar Rano, a major figure of the Nigeria Police Force. ^{[32] [5]}
• 8 April – Osinachi Nwachukwu, 42, gospel singer (cause undisclosed) ^[33]
• 14 April – Orlando Julius, 79, Afrobeat saxophonist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter ^[34]
• 22 April – Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III. ^[35]
• 11 June – Amb Osayomore Joseph, 69, highlife pioneer ^[36]
• 27 July – Oluwole Adegboro, 73, Nigerian politician from Ondo State. ^[37]
• 25 November – Sammie Okposo, 51, Nigerian gospel singer ^[38]
• 15 December – Ademola Rasaq Seriki, 63, Nigerian politician, MP (1998–1999). ^[39]
• 17 December – Sunday Tuoyo, 84, Nigerian military officer and politician, governor of Ondo State (1978–1979). ^[40]

See also

• 2022 Nigerian elections
• 2022 Census of Nigeria
• 2022 in West Africa
• List of Nigerian films of 2022

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