2000 in Nigeria

List of events

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* 2020s

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* Other events of 2000
* Timeline of Nigerian history

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
* Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)
* Senate President: Chuba Okadigbo (PDP) (Until 8 August); Anyim Pius Anyim (PDP) (Starting 8 August)
* House Speaker: Ghali Umar Na'Abba (PDP)
* Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais

### Governors

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* Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)
* Adamawa State: Boni Haruna (PDP)
* Akwa Ibom State: Obong Victor Attah (PDP)
* Anambra State: Chinwoke Mbadinuju (PDP)
* Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)
* Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP)
* Benue State: George Akume (PDP)
* Borno State: Mala Kachalla (APP)
* Cross River State: Donald Duke (PDP)
* Delta State: James Ibori (PDP)
* Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu (PDP)
* Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)
* Ekiti State: Niyi Adebayo (AD)
* Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)
* Gombe State: Abubakar Habu Hashidu (APP)
* Imo State: Achike Udenwa (PDP)
* Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)
* Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)
* Kano State: Rabiu Kwankwaso (PDP)
* Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua (PDP)
* Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero (APP)
* Kogi State: Abubakar Audu (APP)
* Kwara State: Mohammed Lawal (ANPP)
* Lagos State: Bola Tinubu (AD)
* Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
* Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
* Ogun State: Olusegun Osoba (AD)
* Ondo State: Adebayo Adefarati (AD)
* Osun State: Adebisi Akande (AD)
* Oyo State: Lam Adesina (AD)
* Plateau State: Joshua Dariye (PDP)
* Rivers State: Peter Odili (PDP)
* Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)
* Taraba State: Jolly Nyame (PDP)
* Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim (APP)
* Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)

## Events

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### January

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* 27 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.

### May

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* May - Religious riots erupt in Kaduna over the implementation of Islamic law.

### June

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* 5 June - The Obasanjo administration establishes the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to tackle the human and ecological issues in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.

### October

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* 1 October - Nigeria celebrates 40 years of independence from the United Kingdom.

## See also

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* Timeline of Nigerian history

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2000 in Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
*   * Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
*   * Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
*   * Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
*   *   * Sudan
*   * Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
*   * Zambia
*   *   * Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Anjouan
*   *   *   * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies, colonies
and other territories

* Ascension Island
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*   *   *   *   * Réunion
*   * Saint Helena
*   *   *   *   *   *   * Tristan da Cunha
*   *   * Western Sahara

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