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2023 events in Nigeria
Events in the year 2023 in Nigeria
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 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 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]
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