2018 in Nigeria explained

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

• 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

• 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

• List of Nigerian films of 2018

Notes and References

1. News: Nigeria floods kill more than 100 . 17 September 2018 . 4 December 2021 . . BBC.
2. News: Nigeria: Dozens of 'petrol thieves' killed in Aba pipeline blast . 13 October 2018 . 4 December 2021 . . Al Jazeera Media Network.
3. News: Kaduna ex-gov, Lawal Kaita dies at 85 . . 8 January 2018 . Danjuma . Michael . 3 January 2018.
4. News: Odigwe . Emmanuel . Former President Of The Nigeria Bar Association, Idowu Sofola, Dies At 84 . theeagleonline.com . 10 June 2018 . https://archive.today/20180324213505/https://theeagleonline.com.ng/former-president-of-the-nigeria-bar-association-idowu-sofola-dies-at-84/ . 24 March 2018 . 23 March 2018 . live.
5. News: Former UN Chief, Adebayo Adedeji, Dies At 87 . independent.ng . 10 June 2018 . 26 April 2018.
6. News: Nigerian reggae artist, Ras Kimono dies after brief illness . https://web.archive.org/web/20190606164356/https://tvcnews.tv/2018/06/nigerian-reggae-artist-ras-kimono-dies-after-brief-illness/ . dead . 6 June 2019 . . 10 June 2018.
7. News: Katsina-Alu, Former Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court, Is Dead . 18 July 2018 . 4 December 2021 . Sahara Reporters.
8. News: Ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomasie dies at 76 . Ayodele . 19 July 2018 . 4 December 2021 . PunchNG.
9. News: Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead . . 18 August 2018 . Evelyn . Okakwu . 4 December 2021.