2017 in Nigeria
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Abia State:
- Adamawa State:
- Akwa Ibom State:
- Anambra State:
- Bauchi State:
- Bayelsa State:
- Bendel State:
- Benue State:
- Borno State:
- Cross River State:
- Delta State:
- Eastern Region:
- Ebonyi State:
- Edo State:
- Ekiti State:
- Enugu State:
- Gombe State:
- Gongola State:
- Imo State:
- Jigawa State:
- Kaduna State:
- Kano State:
- Katsina State:
- Kebbi State:
- Kogi State:
- Kwara State:
- Lagos State:
- Nasarawa State:
- Niger State:
- Ogun State:
- Ondo State:
- Osun State:
- Oyo State:
- Plateau State:
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
- Sokoto State:
- Taraba State:
- Western State:
- Yobe State:
Events
- 13 January – Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State signs ₦470 billion budget into law.[1]
- 17 January – 2017 Nigerian refugee camp bombing, resulted in 115 deaths according to official sources.
Deaths
- 8 January – Abdulkadir Kure, politician (b. 1956).[2]
- 16 January – William Onyeabor, singer-songwriter (b. 1946).[3]
- 28 January – Mohammed Bello Abubakar, Mulsim preacher and polygamist (b. 1924).[4]
- 26 April – Babalola Borishade, politician (b. 1946)
- 4 June – Babatunde Osotimehin, physician and politician (b. 1949)
- 21 June – Kelechi Emeteole, footballer (b. 1951)
- 11 August – Segun Bucknor, musician and journalist (b. 1946)
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References
- "Wike Signs N470bn Budget Into Law". The Tide. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- "Breaking News: Ex- Niger governor Kure dies in Germany". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- Bodunrin, Sola. "Famous Nigerian musician William Onyeabor is dead". entertainment.naij.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- "Ex-Muslim preacher and 'superpolygamist' with 97 wives dies aged 93". independent.co.uk. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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