Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
Incumbents Federal government President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC) Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC) Senate President: Bukola Saraki (PDP) House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (PDP) Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen
Governors Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP) Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC) Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP) Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA) Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC) Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP) Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC) Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC) Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP) Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP) Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP) Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP) Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose (PDP) (until 16 October); Kayode Fayemi (APC) (starting 16 October) Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP) Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP) Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC) Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC) Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC) Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC) Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC) Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC) Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC) Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC) Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC) Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC) Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC) Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC) Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (PDP) Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (APC) (until 27 November); Gboyega Oyetola (APC) (starting 27 November) Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC) Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC) Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP) Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC) Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP) Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC) Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC)
Events
19 February – Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping 17 September - Over 100 people are killed in floods after two major rivers burst their banks. 13 October - At least 30 people are killed when a pipeline caught fire and explodes in southeast Nigeria after a raid by suspected petrol thieves.
Scheduled Osun State gubernatorial election, 2018
Popular culture Sports 9 to 25 February – Nigeria participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports
Deaths
2 January – Lawal Kaita, politician (b. 1932). 22 January – Dahiru Musdapher, justice (b. 1942) 27 February – Joseph Bagobiri, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1957) 23 March – Idowu Sofola, jurist (b. 1934). 25 April – Adebayo Adedeji, economist, academic, politician and diplomat (b 1930). 10 June – Ras Kimono, reggae musician (b. 1958). 18 July – A. I. Katsina-Alu, judge (b. 1941). 19 July – Ibrahim Coomassie, police officer (b. 1942). 18 August – Denis Edozie, Supreme Court judge (b. 1935). 28 December – Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria
See also List of Nigerian films of 2018
References