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    2001 in Nigeria

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    Events in the year 2001 in Nigeria

    Incumbents

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    • President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)[1]
    • Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)[2]

    Governors

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    • 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

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    • 9 July – Death of serial killer Derico Nwamama by the Bakassi Boys.[3]
    • 17 July – Bowen University established.[4]
    • October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers.[5][6]
    • 23 December – The Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, is assassinated.[7]

    Births

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    • 7 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athlete[8]

    Deaths

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    • 23 December – Bola Ige, politician and lawyer (born 1930)[9]

    References

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    1. ^ "Olusegun Obasanjo | Biography, Age, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
    2. ^ "Nigeria election 2023: Who is Atiku Abubakar of the PDP?". BBC News. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
    3. ^ "Profiling Nigeria's Notorious Armed Robbers: (Okwudili Ndiwe aka Derico) | Pulse Nigeria". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
    4. ^ Patrick, Ndayizigamiye; Glenda, Barlow-Jones; Roelien, Brink; Stella, Bvuma; Rehana, Minty; Siyabonga, Mhlongo (9 October 2020). Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries. IGI Global. p. 307. ISBN 978-1-7998-2985-0.
    5. ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (30 October 2001). "Nigeria Army Said to Massacre Hundreds of Civilians". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
    6. ^ Ayittey, G. (30 April 2016). Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future. Springer. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-137-12278-0.
    7. ^ Hilton, John L.; Hilton, John; Gosling, Anne (2007). Alma Parens Originalis?: The Receptions of Classical Literature and Thought in Africa, Europe, the United States, and Cuba. Peter Lang. p. 168. ISBN 978-3-03910-929-6.
    8. ^ "Nzubechi Grace NWOKOCHA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
    9. ^ Whiteman, Kaye (1 January 2002). "Bola Ige". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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