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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Year in Nigeria
Events in the year 2023 in Nigeria.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC) (ended 29 May); Bola Tinubu (APC) (Started 29 May)
- Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC) (ended 29 May); Kashim Shettima (APC) (Started 29 May)
- Senate President: Ahmed Lawan (APC) (ended 11 June); Godswill Akpabio (APC) (Started 13 June)
- House Speaker: Femi Gbajabiamila (APC) (ended 11 June); Tajudeen Abbas (APC) (Started 13 June)
- Chief Justice: Olukayode Ariwoola
Governors
- Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP) (Until 29 May); Alex Otti (LP) (Starting 29 May)
- Adamawa State: Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (PDP)
- Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP) (Until 29 May); Umo Eno (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Anambra State: Charles Soludo (APGA)
- Bauchi State: Bala Mohammed (PDP)
- Bayelsa State: Douye Diri (PDP)
- Benue State: Samuel Ortom (PDP) (Until 29 May); Hyacinth Alia (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Borno State: Babagana Zulum (APC)
- Cross River State: Benedict Ayade (APC) (Until 29 May); Bassey Otu (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP) (Until 29 May); Sheriff Oborevwori (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (APC) (Until 29 May); Francis Nwifuru (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
- Ekiti State: Biodun Oyebanji (APC)
- Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP) (Until 29 May); Peter Mbah (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Gombe State: Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (APC)
- Imo State: Hope Uzodinma (APC)
- Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC) (Until 29 May); Umar Namadi (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Kaduna State: Nasir El-Rufai (APC) (Until 29 May); Uba Sani (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Kano State: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (APC) (Until 29 May); Abba Kabir Yusuf (NNPP) (Starting 29 May)
- Katsina State: Aminu Bello Masari (APC) (Until 29 May); Dikko Umaru Radda (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC) (Until 29 May); Nasir Idris (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- 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) (Until 29 May); Mohammed Umar Bago (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Ogun State: Dapo Abiodun (APC)
- Ondo State: Rotimi Akeredolu (APC)
- Osun State: Ademola Adeleke (PDP)
- Oyo State: Seyi Makinde (PDP)
- Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC) (Until 29 May); Caleb Mutfwang (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Rivers State: Nyesom Wike (PDP) (Until 29 May); Siminalayi Fubara (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Sokoto State: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (PDP) (Until 29 May); Ahmad Aliyu (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP) (Until 29 May); Agbu Kefas (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Yobe State: Mai Mala Buni (APC)
- Zamfara State: Bello Matawalle (APC) (Until 29 May); Dauda Lawal (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
Events
- 25 January – At least 27 herders are killed, and several others are injured, when a bomb explodes in Nasarawa State. Some herders say it was caused by an airstrike.[1]
- 29 January – At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos.[2]
- 4 February-ongoing – 2023 Nigerian protests begin began due to the Nigerian naira, and protests due to the election.[3]
- 25 February – 2023 Nigerian general election - Nigerians head to the polls to elect a new president and members of their National Assembly.[4]
- 3 March – Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State.[5]
- 9 March – Six people are killed and at least 25 others injured when a train collides with a public bus in Lagos.[6]
- 11 March – Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria: Sixteen people are killed by Fula gunmen at a police checkpoint in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State.[7]
- 18 March – 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial and state of assembly election are held.[8]
- 15-16 March – At least 100 people are killed in Mangu LGA, Plateau State.
- 16 March – An ambush kills four members of a United States convoy in Anambra State.[9]
- 13 June – Kwara boat disaster: At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State.[10]
- 7 July – Health officers confirm an outbreak of diphtheria in the capital Abuja following the death of a four-year-old. According to NCDC, nearly 800 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the country as of 30 June.[11]
- 4 September – The 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rapid transit system begins service in Lagos, after being delayed since 1983.[12]
- 2 October – At least 18 people are killed in an explosion at a illegal oil refinery in Emohua district, Rivers State.[13]
- 20 October – Two children were killed and two others injured when a mechanical issue causes a boat engine to catch fire. The incident occurred Katcha, Niger State.[14][15]
- 29 October – Seventeen bodies are found, and 73 other people were missing when a boat carrying traders returning from a fish market capsizes on the Benue River. The boat had over 100 passengers onboard, 14 of whom are rescued.[16]
- 30 October – At least seventeen people are killed in Gurokayeya, Yobe State when Boko Haram-aligned gunmen stormed the village and attacked residents with explosives and firearms when they reportedly refused to a pay a tax to the terrorists.[17][18]
- 31 October – At least 20 people are killed when a land mine placed by Boko Haram explodes while they return from the burials of victims from the previous day's shooting.[19][20]
- 6 November – Two people are killed and two others injured when a tanker explodes outside the High Commission of Canada in Abuja.[21]
- 16 November:
- Clashes with police and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria during a pro-Palestine protest leave one dead and several injured in Kaduna.[22]
- A boat mishap in Shioro LGA, Niger State, kills at least ten people. 24 others were rescued from the scene.[23]
- 21 November – At least 25 people are killed and about 200 were injured in a vehicle crash on the Yawuri Expressway in Magama, Niger State.[24][25]
- 3 December – A drone strike on a village in Kaduna State mistakenly kills 85 civilians.
- 13 December – Four soldiers and two civilian drivers are killed and two South Korean workers are kidnapped in an ambush against a convoy in Rivers State.[26]
Culture
Deaths
- 9 January – Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, 53, filmmaker and entertainment executive.[27]
- 14 January – Femi Ogunrombi, actor and ethnomusicologist.[28]
- 19 January – Oladipo Ogunlesi, 99, professor of medicine.[29]
- 1 February – Dan Suleiman, 80, politician, governor of Plateau State (1976–1978).[30]
- 12 September – MohBad, 27, musician.Шаблон:Cn
- 20 October – Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, 42, Nigerian ambassador to Morocco.[31]
- 8 November – Aderonke Kale, 84, Nigerian army physicist and first female major-general in the Nigerian Army.[32]
See also
References
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