Events in the year 2024 in Nigeria.
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Federal government
- President: Bola Tinubu (APC)
- Vice President: Kashim Shettima (APC)
- Senate President: Godswill Akpabio (APC)
- House Speaker: Tajudeen Abbas (APC)
- Chief Justice: Olukayode Ariwoola
Events
January
- 7 January – 5 people died with over 30 rescued after a boat capsized 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]
March
- 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.[8]
- 24 March – Kuriga kidnapping: The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga are freed.[9]
April
- 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.[10]
- 19 April – Six soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an ambush during anti-bandit operations in Shiroro, Niger State.[11]
- 24 April – A total of 118 inmates escape from a prison in Suleja after heavy rains destroy its perimeter fence.[12]
May
- 10 May – Nine students are abducted by gunmen from the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State.[13]
- 15 May – Eight people are killed in an attack on a mosque in Gadan, Kano State.[14]
- 20 May – At least 40 people are killed in an attack on the village of Zurak in Wase, Plateau State.[15]
- 21 May:
- Authorities rescue 350 Boko Haram hostages in the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.[16]
- Seven students are killed after inhaling fumes from a generator overnight inside a music studio in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.[17]
- 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.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 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.[20]
June
- 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.[21]
- Thirty miners are reported trapped after a gold mine collapses in Galadima Kogo, Niger State.[22]
- 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.[23]
- 22 June: At least seven people are killed and 100 others are kidnapped after gunmen attack the village of Maidabino in Katsina State.[24]
- 29 June – 2024 Borno State bombings: A series of bombings in Borno State kill 18 people and injure 30 others.[25]
July
- 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.[26]
Scheduled
- 26 July–11 August – Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics[27]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[28]
- 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
- 3 January – Sebastian Brodrick, 85, Olympic footballer (1960).[29]
- 20 January – Anezi Okoro, 94, author (One Week One Trouble).[30]
- 4 February – Bukar Ibrahim, 73, politician, senator (2007–2019) and governor of Yobe State (1992–1993, 1999–2007).[31]
- 5 February – Jimi Solanke, 81, actor (Sango, Shadow Parties), poet, and playwright.[32]
- 6 February – Joseph Chike Edozien, 98, traditional ruler, king of Asaba (since 1990).[33]
- 7 February – Ethel Ekpe, 60, actress (Basi and Company).[34]
- 9 February:
- Abimbola Ogunbanjo, 61, businessman.[35]
- Herbert Wigwe, 57, banker.[36]
- 10 February – Jones Arogbofa, 71, military officer, chief of staff to the president (2014–2015).[37]
- 14 February – Folake Onayemi, 59, literary scholar.[38]
- 28 February – Fabian Osuji, 82, politician, minister of education (2003–2005).
- 2 March – John Okafor, 62, actor (Issakaba) and comedian.[39]
- 3 March – Eze V. B. C. Onyema III, 97, traditional ruler of Ogwu-Ikpele (since 1976).[40]
- 10 March – Abubakar Sodangi, 70, politician, senator (1999–2011).
- 14 March – Lekan Balogun, 81, monarch.[41]
- 24 March – Amaechi Muonagor, 61, actor (Karishika, Aki na Ukwa, Aki and Pawpaw).[42]
- 26 March – Wole Oguntokun, 56, playwright.[43]
- 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).[44]
- 8 April – Bright Esieme, 31, footballer (Enyimba).[45]
- 9 April – Saratu Gidado, 56, actress.[46]
- 10 April – Junior Pope, 39, actor (Professor Johnbull).[47]
- 11 April – Ogbonnaya Onu, 72, politician, minister of science (2015–2022) and governor of Abia State (1992–1993).[48]
- 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).[49]
- 25 April – Ayogu Eze, 65, politician, senator (2007–2015).[50]
- 5 May – Lizzy Evoeme, 81, actress (New Masquerade).
- 9 May – Ibrahim Babangida, 47, footballer (FC Volendam).[51]
- 17 May:
- Garba Duba, 82, army general and politician, governor of Sokoto State (1984–1985) and Bauchi State (1978–1979).[52]
- Tony Ekubia, 64, Nigerian-British boxer.[53]
- 19 May – Bola Afonja, 81, politician, minister of labour (1993).[54]
- 24 May – Ayo Banjo, 90, academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan (1984–1991).[55]
- 25 May – Ibrahim Lamorde, 61, police officer, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (2011–2015).[56]
- 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).[57]
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