Events in the year 2001 in Nigeria
Incumbents President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP) Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)
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. 17 July – Bowen University established. October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers. 23 December – The Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, is assassinated.
Births 7 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athlete
Deaths 23 December – Bola Ige, politician and lawyer (born 1930)
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