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2021 in Nigeria

The following is a list of events in 2021 in Nigeria.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Events

Ongoing – Boko Haram insurgency, COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria, Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Nigerian bandit conflict

January

February

  • 3 February – A judge in Abuja orders the arrest of the head of ExxonMobil Nigeria after he ignores three summons to testify in a corruption investigation.
  • 4 February
  • Facebook bans Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for hate speech.
  • Government troops and planes overrun ISWAP camps in Yobe State and Borno State.
  • 5 February – After the South Korean trade minister drops out, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the leading candidate to head the World Trade Organization (WTO). If elected, Okonjo-Iweala will be the first woman and the first African to hold the post.
  • 7 February – Fourteen people are killed in Kutemeshi and five are killed in Kujeni, both in Kaduna State, in raids by armed bandits who looted shops and warehouses as well as burning houses and a church.
  • 11 February – Hussaini Abdullahi of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says that 4,000 Fulani herdsmen have fled from Yoruba and Igbo-speaking regions after being accused of rising crime rates.
  • 13 February – At least six protesters are beaten and 13 others are arrested at the site of the 2020 Lekki shooting in Lagos State.
  • 17 February
  • One student is killed and 41 people (students, teachers, family members) are kidnapped by bandits in Kagara, Niger State.
  • Businessman Obinwanne Okeke, (″Invictus Obi″) is sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for cyber fraud amounting to $11 million (£8 million).
  • 20 February – Boko Haram insurgents attacked the towns of Marte and Dikwa in Borno State.
  • 21 February – Seven are killed when a military plane crashes in Abuja.
  • 23 February – 2021 Maiduguri rocket attacks
  • 24 February – Gunmen kill 36 people and burn down houses in attacks in Kaduna and Katsina States.
  • 26 February – Zamfara kidnapping of at least 317 schoolgirls.
  • 27 February – The 42 hostages kidnapped from a school in Kagara, Niger State, on 17 February are freed.

March

  • 2 March – Insurgents temporarily hold Dikwa, Borno State.
  • 6 March – President Buhari receives the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and calls for Nigerians to follow his lead. 3.92 million vaccines arrived on March 2, provided by the U.N. COVAX program. The country expects 84 million doses of vaccine this year and hopes to vaccinate 40% of the population this year and 30% in 2022. There have been 158,042 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,954 deaths.
  • 11 March – Thirty students are kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, in Mando, Kaduna. The gunmen ran past the boys′ dormitory to capture the largest number of girls possible.
  • 31 March – Critics of President Muhammadu Buhari including members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decry his frequent trips to London for health care, calling it a drain on the treasury.

April

May

June

  • 2 June – Twitter removes one of his Muhammadu Buhari's tweets and temporarily suspends his account.
  • 3 June – 2021 Kebbi massacre
  • 4 June – the Minister of Information and Culture announced that Twitter's operations in Nigeria would be "suspended" indefinitely, arguing that the company engages in activities that "are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence.
  • 5 June – Under directives issued pursuant to the suspension, Twitter was blocked by all internet service providers in the country.
  • 10–11 June – Bandits kill 53 people in Zamfara State.
  • 12 June – Police break up a peaceful Democracy Day protest in Lagos by firing tear gas and firing live ammunition into the air. Other protests were held in Ibadan, Osogbo, Abeokuta, Akure, and elsewhere.
  • 24 June – Kebbi kidnapping

July

  • 5 July – Chikun kidnapping
  • 7 July – Eighteen people are killed by suspected Islamic militants in Dabna, Hong, Adamawa State, with the gunmen reportedly attacking the nearby villages of Kwapre and Garka as well.
  • Military plane shot down by bandits, pilot escapes.

September

October

November

December

[Death of Sylvester oromoni. The government has placed bullying inspectors all over schools in Nigeria,Lagos.to protect young children from being bullied.

Niger State mosque massacre kills dozen.

Culture

Deaths

January and February

March

April

May

  • 21 May – Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, 54, Nigerian Army's Chief of Army Staff; died in a plane crash, alongside his entourage of generals and aides. See main article below:

June

  • 5 JuneT. B. Joshua, 57, televangelist and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations.

July

August

October

November

December

  • 9 DecemberSylvester Oromoni, murder victim

See also

References