2019 in Nigeria
The following lists of events is scheduled to happen during 2019 in Nigeria.
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- 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)
- 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
February
- 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 will be 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
The winner of 2019 election will be inaugurated on 29 May 2019.
December
- 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]
References
- INEC fixes date for 2019 presidential election The Guardian, 9 March 2017
- INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections Premium Times, 9 March 2019
- CHANTAL DA SILVA (Sep 30, 2019), "POLICE RESCUE PREGNANT WOMEN WHO WERE ABDUCTED, RAPED AND FORCED TO SELL MALE BABIES FOR $1,400 AND FEMALES FOR $830", Newsweek, retrieved Oct 2, 2019
- ISIL-linked group executes 4 hostages in Nigeria: NGO Al Jazeera, 13 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- Nigerians raise alarm over controversial Social Media Bill by Timileyin Omilana, Al Jazeera, 18 Dec 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
- ISIL-linked group claims 'execution of 11 Christians' in Nigeria Al Jazeera, 27 December 2019, retrieved 4 Feb 2020
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