2019 in Nigeria
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The following lists of events is scheduled to happen during 2019 in Nigeria.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
- Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
- Chief Justice: Mahmud Mohammed
Governors
- Abia State:
- Adamawa State:
- Akwa Ibom State:
- Anambra State:
- Bauchi State:
- Bayelsa State:
- Bendel State:
- Benue State:
- Borno State:
- Cross River State:
- Delta State:
- Eastern Region:
- Ebonyi State:
- Edo State:
- Ekiti State:
- Enugu State:
- Gombe State:
- Gongola State:
- Imo State:
- Jigawa State:
- Kaduna State:
- Kano State:
- Katsina State:
- Kebbi State:
- Kogi State:
- Kwara State:
- Lagos State:
- Nasarawa State:
- Niger State:
- Ogun State:
- Ondo State:
- Osun State:
- Oyo State:
- Plateau State:
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
- Sokoto State:
- Taraba State:
- Western State:
- Yobe State:
Events
February
- 10-11: 2019 Kaduna State massacre.
- 2019 Nigerian general election was in Nigeria on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly.[1][2] They will be the sixth quadrennial elections since the end of military rule in 1999. Presidential primaries are likely to be held during the last six months of 2018
May
The winner of 2019 election will be inaugurated on 29 May 2019.
September
September 30 — Police rescued women in Lagos who were forced to sell babies.[3]
December
- December 13 - Action Against Hunger says four of six aid workers held by ISIL in the Islamic State's Central Africa Province since July have been killed.[4]
- December 18 − Citizens express alarm over new social media bill.[5]
- December 27 – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-linked propaganda arm Amaq releases a video showing the execution of 11 Christians.[6]
Deaths
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See also
References
- ^ INEC fixes date for 2019 presidential election The Guardian, 9 March 2017
- ^ INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections Premium Times, 9 March 2019
- ^ CHANTAL DA SILVA (Sep 30, 2019), "POLICE RESCUE PREGNANT WOMEN WHO WERE ABDUCTED, RAPED AND FORCED TO SELL MALE BABIES FOR $1,400 AND FEMALES FOR $830", Newsweek, retrieved Oct 2, 2019
- ^ ISIL-linked group executes 4 hostages in Nigeria: NGO Al Jazeera, 13 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- ^ Nigerians raise alarm over controversial Social Media Bill by Timileyin Omilana, Al Jazeera, 18 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- ^ ISIL-linked group claims 'execution of 11 Christians' in Nigeria Al Jazeera, 27 December 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020