2020 in Nigeria

The following is a list of events in 2020 in Nigeria.

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Incumbents

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Events

January

February

March

April
  • 10 April – Good Friday (Christian and public holiday)[2]
  • 12 April – Easter Monday (Christian and public holiday)[2]
  • 13 April – People of African origin, including Nigerians, have faced discrimination in Guangzhou and elsewhere in China. Africans from Nigeria, Togo and Benin have been evicted from hotels in the middle of the night, a group of African students was forced to take COVID-19 tests despite not having travelled recently, and others reported being threatened with having their visas and work permits revoked.[23]
  • 17 April – Considerable fake news about the coronavirus is circulating in Africa.[24]
  • 18 April – April 2020 Katsina attacks: Armed bandits kill 47 people in attacks on villages in Katsina State.[25]
  • 19 April – Twenty-one employees of ExxonMobil from Akwa Ibom State were arrested for violating state quarantine standards in Rivers State, but were released when the union threatened industrial action. It is unknown if any of the arrested men have symptoms of infection.[26]
  • 23 April – Nigeria has tested only 7,153 people for COVID-19, 0.03% of the population. 873 cases and 28 deaths have been reported, but the Africa Centers for Disease Control fears the numbers may go much higher.[27]
  • 25 April – The Central Bank of Nigeria took 1.47 trillion naira ($3.8 billion) from lenders as additional cash reserves for failing to meet regulatory targets.[28]
  • 28 April – Gravediggers in Kano report a mysterious increase in deaths. There is speculation that the deaths may be linked to the coronavirus pandemic, but no one knows since autopsies are not routinely done. Another possibility is that the deaths may be related to other underlying diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, meningitis and acute malaria that have gone untreated because many hospitals are closed.[29]
  • 30 April – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kano triple from 77 at the beginning of the week to 219 as health authorities ramp up "verbal autopsies". State officials insist most of the fatalities were due to other diseases rather than COVID-19. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, head of the presidential COVID-19 taskforce sent to Kano, said the rise in deaths was also due to cuts to medical services for other ailments as a result of the crisis.[30]

May
  • 1 May – International Workers' Day (public holiday)[2]
  • 6 May – Olalekan Hameed is sentenced to death in a trial broadcast on Zoom for the murder of his employer's mother.[31]
  • 15 May – A controversial plan to close Koranic schools in 19 northern states and sending ′′almajirai′′ (″pupils″) home results in spreading COVID-19. Sixty-five boys test positive in Kaduna, 91 in Jigawa, eight in Gombe, and seven in Bauchi State.[32]
  • 18 May – Boko Haram extremists attacked a village just as people were preparing to break their Ramadan fast after sundown, killing at least 20 people in the first attack of its kind in northeastern Nigeria since the holy month began.[33]
  • 24 and 25 May – Eid al-Fitr Muslim and public holiday[2]
  • 27 May – Children's Day (observance)[2]
  • 30 May – #JusticeForUwa is trending in Nigeria, with the family of Uwavera Omozuwa family appealing for help to track down her rapists and killers in a church in Benin City, Edo State.[34]

June

Scheduled events

Culture

Film and television
  • 12 June – U.S.-based streaming company Netflix pairs up with filmmaker Mo Abudu, owner of EbonyLife TV (ELTV), to create two new TV series and several films.[39]

Deaths

See also

References
  1. The World Factbook, Nigeria CIA, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
  2. "Holidays and observances in Nigeria in 2020". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. Unidentified gunmen kill 19 people in central Nigeria
  4. Nigeria hit by deadly bomb attack near Cameroon Deutsche Welle, 7 Jan 2020
  5. Cardi B’s pledge to seek Nigerian citizenship sparks rivalry
  6. Nigerians mark 50 years of the end of bloody civil war by Fidelis Mbah, Al Jazeera, 15 Jan 2020
  7. Armed group frees kidnapped hostages in Nigeria Al Jazeera, 16 Jan 2020
  8. Lassa fever outbreak kills dozens in Nigeria Al Jazeera, 31 Jan 2020
  9. Trump expands travel ban to six additional countries Al Jazeera, 27 Jan 2020
  10. Nigeria: Effects of Okada, Keke Ban Bite Harder As Lagosians Resume Work By Taofeekat Ajayi, Premium Times (allAfrica), 4 Feb 2020, retrieved 8 Feb 2020
  11. Jersey bank's £230m seizure set to be returned to Nigeria BBC News, 4 Feb 2020
  12. 2020 budget: Senate okays N238.15bn for Customs Daily Post, 4 Feb 2020
  13. Nigeria: I'm More Nigerian Than American - Lil Wayne allAfrica, retrieved 7 Feb 2020
  14. Reuters (February 10, 2020). "Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kill at Least 30 in Nigeria". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. At least 30 people have been killed in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region after suspected Boko Haram fighters set ablaze several trucks carrying passengers on Sunday night, eyewitnesses and residents told Reuters.
  15. Aisha Salaudeen (Feb 14, 2020). "International flights to Lagos divert to Ghana due to poor equipment, leaving passengers stranded". CNN World.
  16. Mexico returns ancient bronze sculpture to Nigeria BBC, 27 Feb 2020
  17. Yoruba archeological piece Mexico returned to Nigeria is false El Universal, 18 March 2020
  18. "Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case in Sub-Saharan Africa". France 24. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  19. "Six killed in attack on Nigeria military base". www.aljazeera.com.
  20. Influential Nigerian traditional ruler dethroned Al Jazeera, 9 Mar 2020
  21. Ukomadu, Angela; Sanni, Seun; Eboh, Camillus; Ohuocha, Chijioke (March 15, 2020). Maclean, William; Hudson, Alexandra (eds.). "Lagos gas blast kills 15, destroys several buildings, Nigerian officials say". Reuters. An explosion at a gas processing plant on Sunday killed at least 15 people and destroyed about 50 buildings after a fire broke out in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, emergency services said. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the explosion was triggered after a truck hit some gas cylinders stacked in a gas processing plant near the corporation’s pipeline in Abule Ado area of Lagos state.
  22. At least 50 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush Al Jazeera, 24 Mar 2020
  23. "China accused of discriminating against Africans as part of coronavirus fight". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.
  24. "Coronavirus: What misinformation has spread in Africa?". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.
  25. "'Armed bandits' kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state: police". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 19, 2020.
  26. "Nigerian oil union suspends industrial action after Exxon Mobil workers freed". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 20, 2020.
  27. News, A. B. C. "Africa's 43% jump in virus cases in 1 week worries experts". ABC News. Retrieved Apr 24, 2020.
  28. "Nigerian Banks to Take $3.8 Billion Hit for Missing Targets". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  29. "What is behind Nigeria's unexplained deaths in Kano?". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved Apr 28, 2020.
  30. "Virus cases leap in Nigeria's Kano". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  31. "Coronavirus: Nigeria's death penalty by Zoom 'inhumane'". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  32. "Coronavirus in Nigeria: The child beggars at the heart of the outbreak". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  33. News, A. B. C. "Authorities: Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village, killing 20". ABC News. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  34. "#JusticeForUwa trends in Nigeria after student murdered in church". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  35. "Fighters kill dozens, raze village in Nigeria's Borno state". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  36. Udo, Bassey (10 June 2020). "Nigeria: WTO Names Okonjo-Iweala Among Candidates for DG Election". allAfrica.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  37. "Nigeria: Gunshots in Presidency As Aisha Buhari Moves Against President's Aide, ADC Arrested". allAfrica.com. 13 June 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  38. "Nigeria: All 36 Governors Declare State of Emergency Over Rapes and Violence". allAfrica.com. Voice of America. 13 June 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  39. CNN, Aisha Salaudeen. "Netflix partners with Nigerian filmmaker in new major deal". CNN. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  40. Chukwuemeka Ike is dead Sun News Online, 10 Jan 2020
  41. Veteran Actor Toyosi Arigbabuwo Is Dead
  42. Liberty great Peter Aluma dead at the age of 46
  43. Former Ogun Assembly Leader, Yinka Mafe, Dies After Celebrating 46th Birthday
  44. Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Bostaji is dead Daily Post, 4 Feb 2020
  45. Plateau Senator, Ignatius Longjan dies in Turkish hospital
  46. Victor Olaiya, Nigerian highlife musician, dies at 89
  47. Katsina-Ala Catholic Diocese loses Bishop, Most Rev Dr. Peter Iornzuul Adoboh.
  48. Veteran Yoruba actor, Pa Kasumu is dead
  49. Nigeria’s Female Paralympic Gold Medalist Ndidi Nwosu Is Dead
  50. Enugu Rangers striker Ifeanyi George killed in car crash
  51. 'Brilliant' doctor dies of coronavirus in Nigeria BBC News, 16 Apr 2020
  52. Richard Akinjide, Former Justice Minister, Is Dead
  53. Tony Allen, Pioneering Afrobeat Drummer, Has Died
  54. Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek dies at 57
  55. Ajimobi: Former Oyo state governor dies at 70 after battling COVID-19
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