2016 in Nigeria

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Nigeria.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)

Governors

Governor of Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)

Events

January

4 January - Haliru Mohammed Bello, the former Defense Minister and campaign manager for former President Goodluck Jonathan, was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.^[1]
12 January - Boko Haram militants shot and killed 7 people and burned down 10 houses in Madagali, Adamawa^[2]

June

11 June - 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards took place in Port Harcourt.

October

29 October - Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least nine people in Maiduguri.^[3]

References

↑ "Nigeria's ex-Defence minister arraigned for money laundering". Star Africa. 5 January 2016.
↑ 7 killed in Nigeria attack ENCA
↑ "WITNESSES: BOMB BLASTS KILL 9 IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIAN CITY". 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

Years in Nigeria (1960-present)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

2016 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 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 South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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