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and its
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.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
:
Olusegun Obasanjo
(
PDP
)
Vice President
:
Atiku Abubakar
(
PDP
)
Senate President
:
Adolphus Wabara
(PDP) (Until 5 April);
Ken Nnamani
(PDP) (Starting 5 April)
House Speaker
:
Aminu Bello Masari
(PDP)
Chief Justice
:
Muhammad Lawal Uwais
Governors
Abia State
:
Orji Uzor Kalu
(
PDP
)
Adamawa State
:
Boni Haruna
(
PDP
)
Akwa Ibom State
:
Victor Attah
(
PDP
)
Anambra State
:
Chris Ngige
(
PDP
)
Bauchi State
:
Adamu Mu'azu
(
PDP
)
Bayelsa State
:
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
(
PDP
)
Benue State
:
George Akume
(
PDP
)
Borno State
:
Ali Modu Sheriff
(
ANPP
)
Cross River State
: Donald Duke (
PDP
)
Delta State
:
James Ibori
(
PDP
)
Ebonyi State
:
Sam Egwu
(
PDP
)
Edo State
:
Lucky Igbinedion
(
PDP
)
Ekiti State
:
Ayo Fayose
(
PDP
)
Enugu State
:
Chimaroke Nnamani
(
PDP
)
Gombe State
:
Mohammed Danjuma Goje
(
PDP
)
Imo State
:
Achike Udenwa
(
PDP
)
Jigawa State
:
Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
(
APP
)
Kaduna State
:
Ahmed Makarfi
(
PDP
)
Kano State
:
Ibrahim Shekarau
(
ANPP
)
Katsina State
:
Umaru Yar'Adua
(
PDP
)
Kebbi State
:
Adamu Aliero
(
APP
)
Kogi State
:
Ibrahim Idris
(
PDP
)
Kwara State
:
Bukola Saraki
(
PDP
)
Lagos State
:
Bola Tinubu
(
AC
)
Nasarawa State
:
Abdullahi Adamu
(
PDP
)
Niger State
:
Abdulkadir Kure
(
PDP
)
Ogun State
:
Gbenga Daniel
(
PDP
)
Ondo State
:
Olusegun Agagu
(
PDP
)
Osun State
:
Olagunsoye Oyinlola
(
PDP
)
Oyo State
:
Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
(
PDP
)
Plateau State
:
Joshua Dariye
(
PDP
)
Rivers State
:
Peter Odili
(
PDP
)
Sokoto State
:
Attahiru Bafarawa
(
APP
)
Taraba State
:
Jolly Nyame
(
PDP
)
Yobe State
:
Bukar Ibrahim
(
APP
)
Zamfara State
:
Ahmad Sani Yerima
(
ANPP
)
Events
May 30 -
1st Africa Movie Academy Awards
take place in
Yenagoa
.
[
citation needed
]
June 28 -
Air Nigeria
is established.
[
citation needed
]
December 10 -
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
crashes at
Port Harcourt International Airport
.
[1]
Deaths
August 31 -
Sam Okoye
,
football
goalkeeper
who represented
Nigeria
during the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
born
1980
.
[
citation needed
]
References
^
Accident description
at the
Aviation Safety Network
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also:
Timeline of Nigerian history
Nigeria portal
List of events
←
2004
2003
2002
2005
in
Nigeria
→
2006
2007
2008
Decades:
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
Other events of 2005
Timeline of Nigerian history
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2005 to
Nigeria
and its
people
.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
:
Olusegun Obasanjo
(
PDP
)
Vice President
:
Atiku Abubakar
(
PDP
)
Senate President
:
Adolphus Wabara
(PDP) (Until 5 April);
Ken Nnamani
(PDP) (Starting 5 April)
House Speaker
:
Aminu Bello Masari
(PDP)
Chief Justice
:
Muhammad Lawal Uwais
Governors
Abia State
:
Orji Uzor Kalu
(
PDP
)
Adamawa State
:
Boni Haruna
(
PDP
)
Akwa Ibom State
:
Victor Attah
(
PDP
)
Anambra State
:
Chris Ngige
(
PDP
)
Bauchi State
:
Adamu Mu'azu
(
PDP
)
Bayelsa State
:
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
(
PDP
)
Benue State
:
George Akume
(
PDP
)
Borno State
:
Ali Modu Sheriff
(
ANPP
)
Cross River State
: Donald Duke (
PDP
)
Delta State
:
James Ibori
(
PDP
)
Ebonyi State
:
Sam Egwu
(
PDP
)
Edo State
:
Lucky Igbinedion
(
PDP
)
Ekiti State
:
Ayo Fayose
(
PDP
)
Enugu State
:
Chimaroke Nnamani
(
PDP
)
Gombe State
:
Mohammed Danjuma Goje
(
PDP
)
Imo State
:
Achike Udenwa
(
PDP
)
Jigawa State
:
Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
(
APP
)
Kaduna State
:
Ahmed Makarfi
(
PDP
)
Kano State
:
Ibrahim Shekarau
(
ANPP
)
Katsina State
:
Umaru Yar'Adua
(
PDP
)
Kebbi State
:
Adamu Aliero
(
APP
)
Kogi State
:
Ibrahim Idris
(
PDP
)
Kwara State
:
Bukola Saraki
(
PDP
)
Lagos State
:
Bola Tinubu
(
AC
)
Nasarawa State
:
Abdullahi Adamu
(
PDP
)
Niger State
:
Abdulkadir Kure
(
PDP
)
Ogun State
:
Gbenga Daniel
(
PDP
)
Ondo State
:
Olusegun Agagu
(
PDP
)
Osun State
:
Olagunsoye Oyinlola
(
PDP
)
Oyo State
:
Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
(
PDP
)
Plateau State
:
Joshua Dariye
(
PDP
)
Rivers State
:
Peter Odili
(
PDP
)
Sokoto State
:
Attahiru Bafarawa
(
APP
)
Taraba State
:
Jolly Nyame
(
PDP
)
Yobe State
:
Bukar Ibrahim
(
APP
)
Zamfara State
:
Ahmad Sani Yerima
(
ANPP
)
Events
May 30 -
1st Africa Movie Academy Awards
take place in
Yenagoa
.
[
citation needed
]
June 28 -
Air Nigeria
is established.
[
citation needed
]
December 10 -
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
crashes at
Port Harcourt International Airport
.
[1]
Deaths
August 31 -
Sam Okoye
,
football
goalkeeper
who represented
Nigeria
during the
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
born
1980
.
[
citation needed
]
References
^
Accident description
at the
Aviation Safety Network
v
t
e
Years
in
Nigeria
(1960–present)
1901
1902
1904
1908
1909
1910
1913
1914
1915
1918
1922
1923
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1932
1933
1934
1935
1938
1940
1941
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
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2022
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2024
2025
2026
2027
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2029
v
t
e
2005 in Africa
Sovereign states
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
Canary Islands
/
Ceuta
/
Melilla
(Spain)
Madeira
(Portugal)
Mayotte
/
Réunion
(France)
Saint Helena
/
Ascension Island
/
Tristan da Cunha
(United Kingdom)
Western Sahara
Categories
:
2005 in Nigeria
Years of the 21st century in Nigeria
Hidden categories:
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
All articles with unsourced statements
Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020
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