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Events in the year 2025 in Nigeria.
Federal government
[edit]- President: Bola Tinubu (APC)
- Vice President: Kashim Shettima (APC)
- Senate President: Godswill Akpabio (APC)
- House Speaker: Tajudeen Abbas (APC)
- Chief Justice: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 5 January – Six soldiers and 34 militants are killed during an ambush by Boko Haram in Damboa, Borno State.[1]
- 7 January – Two people are killed in a bomb attack on a school in Bwari, Abuja.[2]
- 11 January – At least 21 members of the Katsina Community Watch Corps are killed in an ambush by bandits in Baure, Katsina State.[3]
- 13 January – At least 40 farmers are killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in Dumba, Borno State.[4]
- 13 January – At least 16 civilians are killed in an airstrike in Zamfara State. The military says it had accidentally hit the victims during an operation against militants.[5]
- 18 January –
- Nigeria is admitted to BRICS as a "partner country".[6]
- 2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosion: At least 98 people are killed after a crashed fuel truck explodes near Suleja, Niger State.[7]
- 22 January – At least 20 people are killed in a Boko Haram attack on the village of Gadan Gari, Borno State.[8]
- 23 January – The government officially designates the militant group Lakurawa as a terrorist organisation.[9]
- 24 January – A flight operated by United Airlines from Lagos to Washington DC returns to make an emergency landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following a “technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement”, injuring 38 people on board.[10]
- 25 January – A fuel tanker crashes into 17 vehicles along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Enugu State and explodes, killing at least 18 people.[11]
- 26 January – Malam-Fatori suicide bombing: At least 27 soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing by Islamic State – West Africa Province militants on a garrison in Malam-Fatori, Borno State.[12]
February
[edit]- 2 February – Two buses collide on the Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway in Odigbo, Ondo State before catching fire, killing 30 people and injuring two others.[13]
- 5 February – At least 17 children are killed in a fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State.[14]
- 13 February – A truck falls into an overpass in Kano, killing 23 and injuring 48.[15]
- 16 February – At least ten civilians are reported killed in an airstrike in Safana, Katsina State. The military says it had accidentally hit the victims during an operation against rebels.[16]
- 19 February – The Netherlands agrees to repatriate 119 artefacts from the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, including some of the Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria.[17]
- 22 February – A bus crashes into a petrol tanker near Kusobogi, Niger State, killing 14 people and injuring six others.[18]
March
[edit]- 7 March –
- The Senate of Nigeria suspends Senator Natasha Akpoti for six months after she accuses Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexually harassing her in 2023.[19][20]
- Catholic priest Sylvester Okechukwu is abducted and killed in Kaduna.[21]
- 9 March – Eleven people are killed in attacks by Lakurawa militants on the Birnin Dede area of Kebbi State.[22]
- 10 March – The Nigerian government signs $200 million deal with WeLight to deploy renewable mini-grids in rural areas.[23]
- 11 March –
- State authorities confirm an outbreak of meningitis in Kebbi State that has killed at least 26 people since January.[24]
- Nigeria reports 535 Lassa fever cases and 98 deaths across 14 states, with a fatality rate of 18.3%, prompting renewed health advisories and contact tracing efforts.[25]
- 18 March – President Tinubu, invoking an emergency, imposes a six-month suspension on Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, citing inaction regarding attacks on oil pipelines. Former navy commander Ibokette Ibas is appointed as caretaker governor.[26]
- 19 March – A truck crashes into 14 stationary vehicles near Abuja and catches fire, killing six people.[27]
- 25 March – Twenty Cameroonian soldiers stationed on the Nigerian border town of Wulgo are killed in a raid by Boko Haram militants.[28]
- 28 March –
April
[edit]- 2 April –
- President Tinubu dismisses the entire board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company.[31]
- At least 48 people are killed in attacks on villages in Plateau State blamed on intercommunal clashes.[32]
- 11 April – Gwaska Dankarami, a militant commander linked to Islamic State, is reported killed along with 100 other militants during a military operation in the Munumu Forest of Katsina State.[33]
- 12 April – Eight people are killed in a roadside bombing targeting a bus along the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno State.[34]
- 13 April – At least 40 people are killed in an attack by suspected herders on Zike, Plateau State.[35]
- 18 April – At least 56 people are killed in an attack by suspected herders in Benue State.[36]
- 24 April – At least 20 people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the village of Gobirawa Chali in Zamfara State.[37]
- 28 April – At least 26 people are killed after a truck hits a roadside bomb in Borno State.[38]
- 29 April – Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, is sentenced to death by hanging in connection with her death in 2022.[39]
- 30 April – Nigeria completes payment of a $3.4 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund to finance its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[40]
May
[edit]- 8 May – At least 30 people are killed in an attack by suspected Indigenous People of Biafra militants on motorists travelling along the Okigwe-Owerri road in Imo State.[41][42]
- 15 May – At least 57 people are killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on two villages in Baga, Borno State.[43]
- 18 May – My Father's Shadow, directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and co-written by his brother Wale, becomes the first Nigerian film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[44]
- 25 May – Twenty people are killed in an attack by gunmen on the village of Aondona in Gwer West, Benue State.[45]
- 26 May – A suicide bomber detonates himself in front of the Abacha Barracks in Abuja, injuring another person.[46]
- 29 May – 2025 Mokwa flood: At least 200 people are reported killed in flooding caused by heavy rains in Mokwa, Niger State.[47]
- 30 May – At least 25 people are reported killed following flooding and landslides in Okrika, Rivers State.[48]
- 31 May –
- A bus carrying athletes from the Nigerian National Sports Festival in Ogun State falls off the Chiromawa Bridge along the Kano-Zaria expressway in Kano State, killing at least 22 people.[49]
- At least 20 vigilantes are killed in an airstrike conducted during operations against bandits in Maru, Zamfara State.[50]
June
[edit]- 1 June – At least 25 people are killed in attacks by gunmen on two villages in Benue State.[51]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[52]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 30–31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 6–7 June – Eid al-Adha
- 12 June – Democracy Day
- 4 September – Milad un-Nabi
- 1 October – Independence Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 15 January – Adewunmi Onanuga, 59, politician, MP (since 2019).[53]
- 12 April – Christian Chukwu, 74, football player (Enugu Rangers, national team) and manager (national team).[54]
- 6 June
- Mike Ejeagha, 95, folk singer and guitarist.[55]
- Mohammed Uwais, 88, chief justice (1995–2006).[56]
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