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2018 in Nigeria 
Summary
Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
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Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Popular culture edit
Sports edit
- 9 to 25 February – Nigeria participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports
Deaths edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Nigeria floods kill more than 100". BBC News. BBC. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Nigeria: Dozens of 'petrol thieves' killed in Aba pipeline blast". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Michael, Danjuma (3 January 2018). "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 24 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Former UN Chief, Adebayo Adedeji, Dies At 87". independent.ng. 26 April 2018. 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". Sahara Reporters. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Ayodele (19 July 2018). "Ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomasie dies at 76". PunchNG. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Okakwu, Evelyn (18 August 2018). "Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead". Premium Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.