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2023 events in Nigeria
Events in the year 2023 in Nigeria .
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25 January – At least 27 herders are killed, and several others are injured, after a bomb explodes near Nasarawa . Some herders have claimed that the explosion resulted from 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 Nigerian 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 are injured after 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 were 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 US 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 on Monday. 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 , Nigeria , after being delayed since 1983.[12]
2 October – At least 18 people died after an explosion at a illegal oil refinery in Emohua district , Rivers State .[13]
20 October – Two children were killed and two others were injured after a mechanical issue caused a boat engine to catch on fire. The incident occurred Katcha , Niger State .[14] [15]
Predicted and scheduled events [ edit ]
Culture [ edit ]
9 January – Peace Anyiam-Osigwe , 53, filmmaker and entertainment executive.[16]
14 January – Femi Ogunrombi , actor and ethnomusicologist.[17]
19 January – Oladipo Ogunlesi , 99, professor of medicine.[18]
1 February – Dan Suleiman , 80, politician, governor of Plateau State (1976–1978).[19]
12 September – MohBad , 27, musician.[20]
20 October – Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli , 42, Nigerian ambassador to Morocco .[21]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Bomb kills 27 herders in central Nigeria: police" . News24 . Retrieved 2023-01-26 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ "Police: Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12" . AP NEWS . 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03 .
^ "Train rams into public bus in Nigeria's Lagos, killing six" . Reuters . 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09 .
^ "Government: Gunmen in north Nigeria kill at least 16 people" . AP NEWS . 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-13 .
^ "Breaking: INEC Shifts Governorship, Assembly Elections to March 18 – THISDAYLIVE" . THISDAYLIVE – Truth and Reason . 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-18 .
^ "Nigeria ambush: Four killed in attack on US convoy in Anambra" . BBC News . 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17 .
^ "Nigeria: At least 100 people killed after boat capsizes" . Sky News . Retrieved 2023-06-15 .
^ "Nigeria confirms diphtheria outbreak as 4 year old patient dies" . CNN . 7 July 2023.
^ "Metro rail service starts in Nigeria's Lagos, set to ease traffic" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2023-09-05 .
^ "At least 18 killed in blast at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria: Report" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
^ "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 .
^ "BREAKING: AMAA Founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Is Dead – Independent Newspaper Nigeria" . 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^ "Papa Ajasco stand-in character, Femi Ogunrombi, is dead" . Daily Trust . 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^ "Nigeria's first Professor of Medicine Ogunlesi dies at 99 | The Nation Newspaper" . The Nation Newspaper . 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^ "Ex-NADECO chief Dan Suleiman dies at 80 | The Nation Newspaper" . The Nation Newspaper . 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-02 .
^ "Afrobeats star MohBad dies aged 27 with cause of death unconfirmed" . The US Sun . 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-19 .
^ Adeduyite, Okiki (2023-10-20). "Nigerian ambassador to Morocco, Nuhu Bamalli, dies" . Punch Newspapers . Retrieved 2023-10-21 .
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