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Events in the year 2024 in Nigeria.
Federal government
[edit]- President: Bola Tinubu (APC)
- Vice President: Kashim Shettima (APC)
- Senate President: Godswill Akpabio (APC)
- House Speaker: Tajudeen Abbas (APC)
- Chief Justice: Olukayode Ariwoola
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 7 January – Five people are killed more than 30 others are rescued after a boat capsizes along the Niger River in Anambra State.[1]
- 8 January – A two-year BBC investigation accuses the Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture.[2]
- 9 January – At least 20 people are feared dead after an accident involving two passenger boats.[3]
- 15 January:
- Bandits attack soldiers at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State.[4]
- Eight people are killed and 100 others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the boundary of Niger and Kebbi States.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 24 January – At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State.[7]
February
[edit]- February 11: Nigeria loses 2-1 against Ivory Coast in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final held in Abidjan.[8]
March
[edit]- 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.[9]
- 24 March – Kuriga kidnapping: The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga are freed.[10]
April
[edit]- 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.[11]
- 19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in Shiroro, Niger State.[12]
- 24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in Suleja after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.[13]
May
[edit]- 10 May – Nine students are abducted by gunmen from the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State.[14]
- 15 May – Eight people are killed in an attack on a mosque in Gadan, Kano State.[15]
- 20 May – At least 40 people are killed in an attack on the village of Zurak in Wase, Plateau State.[16]
- 21 May:
- Authorities rescue 350 Boko Haram hostages in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.[17]
- Seven students are killed after inhaling fumes from a generator overnight inside a music studio in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 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.[20]
- 30 May – 2024 Aba killings: Eleven people, including five soldiers, were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia State.[21]
June
[edit]- 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.[22]
- Thirty miners are reported trapped after a gold mine collapses in Galadima Kogo, Niger State.[23]
- 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.[24]
- 22 June: At least seven people are killed and 100 others are kidnapped after gunmen attack the village of Maidabino in Katsina State.[25]
- 29 June – 2024 Borno State bombings: A series of bombings in Borno State kill 18 people and injure 30 others.[26]
July
[edit]- 12 July – 2024 Saints Academy college collapse: At least 22 students are killed and 132 others injured after a school building collapses in Jos, Plateau State.[27]
- 18 July – The Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, and the Nigerian government agree on a new minimum wage of ₦70,000 (US$43) per month, ending prolonged negotiations amid high inflation and a weakening currency.[28]
- 26 July–11 August – Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics[29]
- 28 July – A court in Niger State convicts 125 people on charges of membership and financing of Boko Haram following a two-day mass trial and sentences them to varying prison terms.[30]
- 31 July – Sixteen people are killed and at least 24 others are injured in a bomb attack on a market in Kawori, Borno State.[31]
August
[edit]- 1 August–ongoing – End Bad Governance protests: Eleven people are killed, and one journalist is arrested as nationwide protests occur amidst a cost-of-living crisis and rising costs, which Nigerians blame on President Bola Tinubu's new reforms.[32] A curfew is declared in Kano, Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina States in response to the violence.[33]
- 5 August – Seven Polish students and faculty of the University of Warsaw are arrested in Kano State on suspicion of displaying Russian flags during protests.[34]
- 6 August – Police detain tailors who made Russian flags that were used in anti-government protests in Kano State.[35]
- 7 August – A boat sinks following an engine explosion in Bayelsa State, killing at least 20 people.[36]
- 15 August – At least 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos are abducted by unidentified gunmen along the Otukpo road in Benue State.[37]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[38]
- 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
[edit]January
[edit]- 3 January – Sebastian Brodrick, 85, Olympic footballer (1960).[39]
- 20 January – Anezi Okoro, 94, author (One Week One Trouble).[40]
February
[edit]- 4 February – Bukar Ibrahim, 73, politician, senator (2007–2019) and governor of Yobe State (1992–1993, 1999–2007).[41]
- 5 February – Jimi Solanke, 81, actor (Sango, Shadow Parties), poet, and playwright.[42]
- 6 February – Joseph Chike Edozien, 98, traditional ruler, king of Asaba (since 1990).[43]
- 7 February – Ethel Ekpe, 60, actress (Basi and Company).[44]
- 9 February:
- Abimbola Ogunbanjo, 61, businessman.[45]
- Herbert Wigwe, 57, banker.[46]
- 10 February – Jones Arogbofa, 71, military officer, chief of staff to the president (2014–2015).[47]
- 14 February – Folake Onayemi, 59, literary scholar.[48]
- 28 February – Fabian Osuji, 82, politician, minister of education (2003–2005).
March
[edit]- 2 March – John Okafor, 62, actor (Issakaba) and comedian.[49]
- 3 March – Eze V. B. C. Onyema III, 97, traditional ruler of Ogwu-Ikpele (since 1976).[50]
- 10 March – Abubakar Sodangi, 70, politician, senator (1999–2011).
- 14 March – Lekan Balogun, 81, monarch.[51]
- 24 March – Amaechi Muonagor, 61, actor (Karishika, Aki na Ukwa, Aki and Pawpaw).[52]
- 26 March – Wole Oguntokun, 56, playwright.[53]
April
[edit]- 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).[54]
- 8 April – Bright Esieme, 31, footballer (Enyimba).[55]
- 9 April – Saratu Gidado, 56, actress.[56]
- 10 April – Junior Pope, 39, actor (Professor Johnbull).[57]
- 11 April – Ogbonnaya Onu, 72, politician, minister of science (2015–2022) and governor of Abia State (1992–1993).[58]
- 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).[59]
- 25 April – Ayogu Eze, 65, politician, senator (2007–2015).[60]
May
[edit]- 5 May – Lizzy Evoeme, 81, actress (New Masquerade).
- 9 May – Ibrahim Babangida, 47, footballer (FC Volendam).[61]
- 17 May:
- Garba Duba, 82, army general and politician, governor of Sokoto State (1984–1985) and Bauchi State (1978–1979).[62]
- Tony Ekubia, 64, Nigerian-British boxer.[63]
- 19 May – Bola Afonja, 81, politician, minister of labour (1993).[64]
- 24 May – Ayo Banjo, 90, academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan (1984–1991).[65]
- 25 May – Ibrahim Lamorde, 61, police officer, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (2011–2015).[66]
June
[edit]- 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).[67]
- 16 June – Ekene Abubakar Adams, 39, member of parliament.[68]
July
[edit]- 30 July – Onyeka Onwenu, 72, singer-songwriter and actress (Half of a Yellow Sun, Lionheart).[69]
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