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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

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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

References

^ "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.

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