2024 in Nigeria

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Events in the year 2024 in Nigeria.

Federal government

• President: Bola Tinubu (APC)
• Vice President: Kashim Shettima (APC)
• Senate President: Godswill Akpabio (APC)
• House Speaker: Tajudeen Abbas (APC)
• Chief Justice: Olukayode Ariwoola

Events

January

• 7 January – 5 people died with over 30 rescued after a boat capsized along the Niger River in Anambra State.
• 8 January – A two-year BBC investigation accuses the Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture.
• 9 January – At least 20 people are feared dead after an accident involving two passenger boats.
• 15 January:
  • Bandits attack soldiers at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State.
  • Eight people are killed and 100 others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the boundary of Niger and Kebbi States.
• 17 January – Two people are killed and 77 others injured during a blast caused by explosives stored for use in illegal mining operations at a dozen buildings in Ibadan.
• 24 January – At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State.

March

• 7 March – Kuriga kidnapping: More than 200 pupils and a teacher are kidnapped in the town of Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State
• 22 March – 14 people are rescued from kidnappers by the Nigerian Army and local vigilante groups in Katsina State.
• 24 March – Kuriga kidnapping: The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga are freed.

April

• 18 April – A schoolgirl who was abducted during the Chibok kidnapping in 2014 is rescued by authorities along with her three children in Gwoza, Borno State.
• 19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in Shiroro, Niger State.
• 24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in Suleja after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.

May

• 10 May – Nine students are abducted by gunmen from the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State.
• 15 May – Eight people are killed in an attack on a mosque in Gadan, Kano State.
• 20 May – At least 40 people are killed in an attack on the village of Zurak in Wase, Plateau State.
• 21 May:
  • Authorities rescue 350 Boko Haram hostages in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
  • Seven students are killed after inhaling fumes from a generator overnight inside a music studio in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
• 24 May – 10 people are killed while 160 others are abducted in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on the village of Kuchi in Niger State.
• 29 May – Nigeria readopts Nigeria, We Hail Thee, which was the country's national anthem from 1960 to 1978, as its national anthem, replacing Arise, O Compatriots.
• 30 May – Eleven people, including five soldiers, were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by Unknown Gunmen in Aba, Abia State.
  Main article: 2024 Aba killings

June

• 3 June:
  • A strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria disrupts operations at Abuja and Lagos Airports and causes nationwide power outages.
  • Thirty miners are reported trapped after a gold mine collapses in Galadima Kogo, Niger State.
• 10 June: Nigerian bandit conflict: At least 50 people are killed and an unknown number are kidnapped, including women and children, after gunmen attack the village of Yargoje in Katsina State.
• 22 June: At least seven people are killed and 100 others are kidnapped after gunmen attack the village of Maidabino in Katsina State.

Scheduled

• 26 July–11 August – Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Art and entertainment

• List of Nigerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Nigeria

Source:

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 1 April - Easter Monday
• 11 April – Eid al-Fitr
• 1 May - International Workers' Day
• 12 June - Democracy Day
• 17 June – Eid al-Adha
• 15 September – Milad un-Nabi
• 1 October – Independence Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

• 3 January – Sebastian Brodrick, 85, Olympic footballer (1960).
• 20 January – Anezi Okoro, 94, author (One Week One Trouble).
• 4 February – Bukar Ibrahim, 73, politician, senator (2007–2019) and governor of Yobe State (1992–1993, 1999–2007).
• 5 February – Jimi Solanke, 81, actor (Sango, Shadow Parties), poet, and playwright.
• 6 February – Joseph Chike Edozien, 98, traditional ruler, king of Asaba (since 1990).
• 7 February – Ethel Ekpe, 60, actress (Basi and Company).
• 9 February:
  • Abimbola Ogunbanjo, 61, businessman.
  • Herbert Wigwe, 57, banker.
• 10 February – Jones Arogbofa, 71, military officer, chief of staff to the president (2014–2015).
• 14 February – Folake Onayemi, 59, literary scholar.
• 28 February – Fabian Osuji, 82, politician, minister of education (2003–2005).
• 2 March – John Okafor, 62, actor (Issakaba) and comedian.
• 3 March – Eze V. B. C. Onyema III, 97, traditional ruler of Ogwu-Ikpele (since 1976).
• 10 March – Abubakar Sodangi, 70, politician, senator (1999–2011).
• 14 March – Lekan Balogun, 81, monarch.
• 24 March – Amaechi Muonagor, 61, actor (Karishika, Aki na Ukwa, Aki and Pawpaw).
• 26 March – Wole Oguntokun, 56, playwright.
• 2 April – Ali Chiroma, 91, trade unionist, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (1984–1988).
• 7 April – Aderounmu Adejumoke, 40, actress (Dazzling Mirage, Industreet, Jenifa's Diary).
• 8 April – Bright Esieme, 31, footballer (Enyimba).
• 9 April – Saratu Gidado, 56, actress.
• 10 April – Junior Pope, 39, actor (Professor Johnbull).
• 11 April – Ogbonnaya Onu, 72, politician, minister of science (2015–2022) and governor of Abia State (1992–1993).
• 17 April – Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, 57, politician, senator (2015–2019) and member of the House of Representatives (2011–2015).
• 23 April – Zulu Adigwe, actor (Basi and Company, Issakaba, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free).
• 25 April – Ayogu Eze, 65, politician, senator (2007–2015).
• 5 May – Lizzy Evoeme, 81, actress (New Masquerade).
• 9 May – Ibrahim Babangida, 47, footballer (FC Volendam).
• 17 May:
  • Garba Duba, 82, army general and politician, governor of Sokoto State (1984–1985) and Bauchi State (1978–1979).
  • Tony Ekubia, 64, Nigerian-British boxer.
• 19 May – Bola Afonja, 81, politician, minister of labour (1993).
• 24 May – Ayo Banjo, 90, academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan (1984–1991).
• 25 May – Ibrahim Lamorde, 61, police officer, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (2011–2015).
• 14 June – Tagwai Sambo, 87, traditional ruler, chief of Moroa (since 1966).
• 17 June – Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, 69, financial accountant, Accountant-General of the Federation (2011–2015).

External links

• Online calendar