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2023 events in Nigeria
Events in the year
2023 in
Nigeria .
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
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
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 –
2023 Yobe State attacks : At least seventeen people are killed in
Gurokayeya ,
Yobe State when
Boko Haram -aligned gunmen storm the village, attacking residents with explosives and firearms when they reportedly refuse 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:
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 –
Tudun Biri drone strike : 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]
23-25 December -
Nigerian bandit conflict :
2023 Plateau State massacres
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.[
citation needed ]
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]
27 December –
Rotimi Akeredolu ,
governor of Ondo State (2017–2023).
[33]
See also
References
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"Bomb kills 27 herders in central Nigeria: police" . News24 . Retrieved 2023-01-26 .
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"Container falls off truck in Lagos, crushes 9 passengers to death" . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-30 .
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"Nigerian Authorities Call For Calm as Citizens Protest Cash, Fuel Shortages" . VOA . 4 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-27 .
^ Igboereteonwu, Anamasere (2023-02-25).
"Nigerians vote for new president, delays seen at some polling stations" . Reuters . Retrieved 2023-02-25 .
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"Police: Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12" . AP NEWS . 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03 .
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"Train rams into public bus in Nigeria's Lagos, killing six" . Reuters . 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09 .
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"Government: Gunmen in north Nigeria kill at least 16 people" . AP NEWS . 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-13 .
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"Breaking: INEC Shifts Governorship, Assembly Elections to March 18 – THISDAYLIVE" . THISDAYLIVE – Truth and Reason . 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-18 .
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"Nigeria ambush: Four killed in attack on US convoy in Anambra" . BBC News . 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17 .
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"Nigeria: At least 100 people killed after boat capsizes" . Sky News . Retrieved 2023-06-15 .
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"Nigeria confirms diphtheria outbreak as 4 year old patient dies" . CNN . 7 July 2023.
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"Metro rail service starts in Nigeria's Lagos, set to ease traffic" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2023-09-05 .
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"At least 18 killed in blast at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria: Report" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
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"Boat mishap claims lives of 2 children in Niger" . Vanguard News . 21 October 2023.
^ Agbana, Rotimi (2023-10-21).
"Two children die, others injured in Niger boat fire" . Punch Newspapers . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
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"73 missing after boat capsizes in northern Nigeria | Fox News" . www.foxnews.com . Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
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"Africanews | Nigeria: 17 dead in jihadist attack" . Africanews . 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
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"Suspected Boko Haram kills at least 40 in Nigeria's Yobe state, police say" . Reuters . 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
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"Boko Haram Suspected in Attacks That Kill at Least 40 in Nigeria, Police Say" . www.voanews.com . Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
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"Extremists kill 37 villagers in latest attack in Nigeria's hard-hit northeast" . ABC News . Retrieved 2023-11-02 .
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"Nigeria: Fire reported at High Commission of Canada in Abuja Nov. 6" . Nigeria: Fire reported at High Commission of Canada in Abuja Nov. 6 | Crisis24 . Retrieved 2023-11-06 .
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"Africanews | Nigeria: a pro-Palestinian demonstration leaves one dead" . Africanews . 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17 .
^ Reporter 3, T. S. J. (2023-11-18).
"10 died in Niger boat mishap, 24 rescued alive" . The Street Journal . Retrieved 2023-11-21 . {{
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"17 die, 208 injured as articulated vehicle crashes in Niger" . Vanguard . 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023 .
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"Africanews | 25 killed when truck overloaded with food items and people crashes in Nigeria's north" . Africanews . 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-23 .
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"Gunmen kill four soldiers in Nigeria" .
Reuters .
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"BREAKING: AMAA Founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Is Dead – Independent Newspaper Nigeria" . 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
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"Papa Ajasco stand-in character, Femi Ogunrombi, is dead" . Daily Trust . 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
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"Nigeria's first Professor of Medicine Ogunlesi dies at 99 | The Nation Newspaper" . The Nation Newspaper . 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
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"Ex-NADECO chief Dan Suleiman dies at 80 | The Nation Newspaper" . The Nation Newspaper . 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^ Adeduyite, Okiki (2023-10-20).
"Nigerian ambassador to Morocco, Nuhu Bamalli, dies" . Punch Newspapers . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
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"Nigeria's first female Major-General Aderonke Kale is dead" . PM News Nigeria . 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023 .
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"Ondo Gov, Rotimi Akeredolu, Dies After Long Health Battle" . Channels Television. 27 December 2023.
Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023 .
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