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2012 in Nigeria

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Other events of 2012Timeline of Nigerian history

The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Nigeria.

Contents

Federal government

  • President: Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)
  • Vice President: Namadi Sambo (PDP)

    • Governors

  • Governor of Rivers State: Chibuike Amaechi (PDP)

    • January

  • January 1 - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in parts of the country hit by violence by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
  • January 1 - Nigeria announces an end to its fuel subsidy scheme leading the Nigeria Labour Congress to call for strikes and street protests.
  • January 2 - Boko Haram issues a warning to Christians in northern Nigeria to leave the region within three days.
  • January 4 - Two bombs explode in Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible.
  • January 5 - Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
  • Bombs explode in two northern Nigerian cities.
  • Gunmen attack a church in Gombe killing at least six people.
  • January 6 - Eight people are killed and 10 wounded in Kano, in the latest in a series of attacks on church.
  • January 7 - At least 37 people are killed in two days of attacks, after radical Islamic group Boko Haram issues an ultimatum for all Christians to leave the north.
  • January 20 - Several people are killed in a series of bomb explosions in the city of Kano.
  • January 21 - The death toll of a series of co-ordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, rises to more than 140. The attacks, which targeted police stations across the city, are attributed to Islamist group Boko Haram.
  • January 29 - Gunmen attack a police station in Kano, with Boko Haram believed responsible.

    • References

    2012 in Nigeria Wikipedia
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