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2000 in Nigeria

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Decades:
  
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

See also:
  
Other events of 2000 Timeline of Nigerian history

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.

Contents

Federal government

  • President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
  • Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)

    • Governors

  • Governor of Rivers State: Peter Odili (PDP)

    • January

  • 27 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.

    • May

  • May - Religious riots erupt in Kaduna over the implementation of Islamic law.

    • June

  • 5 June - The Obasanjo administration establishes the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to tackle the human and ecological issues in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.

    • October

  • 1 October - Nigeria celebrates 40 years of independence from the United Kingdom.

    • References

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