2001 in Nigeria

none 2001 June 2026 Events in the year 2001 in Nigeria Incumbents President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)Olusegun Obasanjo Biography, Age, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olusegun-Obasanjo www.britannica.com 14 May 2023 en Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)Nigeria election 2023: Who is Atiku Abubakar of the PDP? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47046599 BBC News 14 May 2023 6 February 2019 Governors Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu Adamawa State: Boni Haruna Akwa Ibom State: Victor Attah Anambra State: Chinwoke Mbadinuju Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Benue State: George Akume Borno State: Mala Kachalla Cross River State: Donald Duke Delta State: James Ibori Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion Ekiti State: Niyi Adebayo Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani Gombe State: Abubakar Habu Hashidu Imo State: Achike Udenwa Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi Kano State: Rabiu Kwankwaso Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero Kogi State: Abubakar Audu Kwara State: Mohammed Lawal Lagos State: Bola Tinubu Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure Ogun State: Olusegun Osoba Ondo State: Adebayo Adefarati Osun State: Adebisi Akande Oyo State: Lam Adesina Plateau State: Joshua Dariye Rivers State: Peter Odili Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa Taraba State: Jolly Nyame Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima Events 9 July – Death of serial killer Derico Nwamama by the Bakassi Boys.Profiling Nigeria's Notorious Armed Robbers: (Okwudili Ndiwe aka Derico) Pulse Nigeria https://www.pulse.ng/articles/gist/laying-bare-profiling-nigerias-notorious-armed-robbers-okwudili-ndiwe-aka-derico-2024080711571837860 2025-05-22 www.pulse.ng en 17 July – Bowen University established.Patrick Ndayizigamiye Glenda Barlow-Jones Roelien Brink Stella Bvuma Rehana Minty Siyabonga Mhlongo Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries 9 October 2020 IGI Global 978-1-7998-2985-0 307 https://books.google.com/books?id=aLgIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 en October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers.Onishi Norimitsu Nigeria Army Said to Massacre Hundreds of Civilians https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/world/nigeria-army-said-to-massacre-hundreds-of-civilians.html The New York Times 14 May 2023 30 October 2001Ayittey G. Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future 30 April 2016 Springer 978-1-137-12278-0 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=gnYYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 enNY Times Nigeria Army Said to Massacre Hundreds of Civilians https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/world/nigeria-army-said-to-massacre-hundreds-of-civilians.htmlMilitary revenge in Benue: https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/nigeria/Nigeria0402-02.htm 2026-06-05 www.hrw.orgAmnesty International Nigeria: Security forces: Serving to protect and respect human rights? https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/afr440232002en.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwin-az3ifGUAxXkd0EAHfpyD1QQFnoECF8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw254_ao6apCgoBawmzI8hNn 23 December – The Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, is assassinated.Hilton John L. Hilton John Gosling Anne Alma Parens Originalis?: The Receptions of Classical Literature and Thought in Africa, Europe, the United States, and Cuba 2007 Peter Lang 978-3-03910-929-6 168 https://books.google.com/books?id=HZevsMc6VUIC&pg=PA168 enEXPLAINER: Who Was Chief Bola Ige And Why Was He Assassinated? By Deborah Eyibio Sahara Reporters https://saharareporters.com/2021/12/23/explainer-who-was-chief-bola-ige-and-why-was-he-assassinated-deborah-eyibio 2026-06-05 saharareporters.com2001-12-24 Justice minister shot dead https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2001/12/24/justice-minister-shot-dead 2026-06-05 www.thenewhumanitarian.org en Births 7 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athleteNzubechi Grace NWOKOCHA Profile World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/athletes/nigeria/nzubechi-grace-nwokocha-14886275 worldathletics.org 14 May 2023 Deaths 23 December – Bola Ige, politician and lawyer (born 1930)Whiteman Kaye Bola Ige https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/01/guardianobituaries The Guardian 14 May 2023 1 January 2002 References 2001 Category:2000s in Nigeria Category:Years of the 21st century in Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria