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2017 in Nigeria
Events in the year
2017 in
Nigeria
.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
:
Muhammadu Buhari
(
APC
)
Vice President
:
Yemi Osinbajo
(
APC
)
Senate President
:
Bukola Saraki
(
APC
)
House Speaker
:
Yakubu Dogara
(APC)
Chief Justice
:
Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
(Starting 7 March)
Governors
Abia State
:
Okezie Ikpeazu
(
PDP
)
Adamawa State
:
Bindo Jibrilla
(
APC
)
Akwa Ibom State
:
Udom Emmanuel
(
PDP
)
Anambra State
:
Willie Obiano
(
APGA
)
Bauchi State
:
M. A. Abubakar
(
APC
)
Bayelsa State
:
Henry Dickson
(
PDP
)
Benue State
:
Samuel Ortom
(
APC
)
Borno State
:
Kashim Shettima
(
APC
)
Cross River State
:
Ben Ayade
(
PDP
)
Delta State
:
Ifeanyi Okowa
(
PDP
)
Ebonyi State
:
Dave Umahi
(
PDP
)
Edo State
:
Godwin Obaseki
(
PDP
)
Ekiti State
:
Ayo Fayose
(
PDP
)
Enugu State
:
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
(
PDP
)
Gombe State
:
Ibrahim Dankwambo
(
PDP
)
Imo State
:
Rochas Okorocha
(
APC
)
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
)
Lagos State
:
Akinwumi Ambode
(
APC
)
Nasarawa State
:
Umaru Al-Makura
(
APC
)
Niger State
:
Abubakar Sani Bello
(
APC
)
Ogun State
:
Ibikunle Amosun
(
APC
)
Ondo State
:
Olusegun Mimiko
(
LP
) (until 24 February);
Rotimi Akeredolu
(
APC
) (starting 24 February)
Osun State
:
Rauf Aregbesola
(
APC
)
Oyo State
:
Abiola Ajimobi
(
APC
)
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
)
Zamfara State
:
Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar
(
APC
)
Events
13 January –
Governor
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
of
Rivers State
signs
â¦470 billion budget
into law.
17 January –
Rann bombing
, resulting in 115 deaths according to official sources.
Deaths
8 January –
Abdulkadir Kure
, politician (b. 1956)
16 January –
William Onyeabor
, singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
28 January –
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
, Muslim preacher and polygamist (b. 1924)
26 April –
Babalola Borishade
, politician (b. 1946)
4 June âÂÂ
Babatunde Osotimehin
, physician and politician (b. 1949)
21 June âÂÂ
Kelechi Emeteole
, footballer (b. 1951)
11 August –
Segun Bucknor
, musician and journalist (b. 1946)
See also
List of Nigerian films of 2017
References