2019 in Nigeria
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The following lists and talks about events that happened in 2019 in Nigeria.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
- President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
- Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
- Senate President: Bukola Saraki (PDP) (Until 11 June); Ahmed Lawan (APC) (Starting 11 June)
- House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (PDP) (Until 12 June); Femi Gbajabiamila (APC) (Starting 12 June)
- Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (Until 25 January); Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (Starting 25 January)
Governors[edit]
- Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
- Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC) (until 29 May); Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (PDP) (starting 29 May)
- Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP)
- Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA)
- Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC) (until 29 May); Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed (PDP) (starting 29 May)
- Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP)
- Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC)
- Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC) (until 29 May); Babagana Umara Zulum (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP)
- Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
- Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP)
- Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
- Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi (APC)
- Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
- Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP) (until 29 May); Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC) (until 29 May); Emeka Ihedioha (PDP) (starting 29 May)
- Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC)
- Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC)
- Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC)
- Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC)
- Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC)
- Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC)
- Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC) (until 29 May); Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC) (until 29 May); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC) (until 29 May); Abdullahi Sule (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC)
- Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC) (until 29 May); Dapo Abiodun (APC) (starting 29 May)
- Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (PDP)
- Osun State: Gboyega Oyetola (APC)
- Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC) (Until 29 May) Seyi Makinde (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
- Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC)
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
- Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
- Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP)
- Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC) (Until 29 May) Mai Mala Buni (APC) (Starting 29 May)
- Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC) (Until 29 May) Bello Matawalle (PDP) (Starting 29 May)
Events[edit]
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February[edit]
- 10-11: 2019 Kaduna State massacre.
- 2019 Nigerian general election was on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly.[1][2] They were 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[edit]
President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated.
September[edit]
September 30 — Police rescued women in Lagos who were forced to sell babies.[3]
December[edit]
- 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[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ INEC fixes date for 2019 presidential election Archived 2019-02-13 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, 9 March 2017
- ^ INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine Premium Times, 9 March 2019
- ^ Da Silva, Chantal (2019-09-30). "Police Rescue 19 Pregnant Women Raped and Forced to Sell Babies". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ ISIL-linked group executes 4 hostages in Nigeria: NGO Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera, 13 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- ^ Nigerians raise alarm over controversial Social Media Bill Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine by Timileyin Omilana, Al Jazeera, 18 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- ^ ISIL-linked group claims 'execution of 11 Christians' in Nigeria Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Al Jazeera, 27 December 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020