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2016 in Nigeria

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Decades:
  
1990s 2000s 2010s

See also:
  
Other events of 2016 Timeline of Nigerian history

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Nigeria.

Contents

Federal government

  • President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
  • Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)

    • Governors

  • Governor of Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)

    • January

  • 4 January - Haliru Mohammed Bello, the former Defense Minister and campaign manager for former President Goodluck Jonathan, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
  • 12 January - Boko Haram militants shot and killed 7 people and burned down 10 houses in Madagali, Adamawa

    • June

  • 11 June - 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards took place in Port Harcourt.

    • October

  • 29 October - Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least nine people in Maiduguri.

    • References

    2016 in Nigeria Wikipedia
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