Ongoing –
Boko Haram insurgency,
COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria,
Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria,
Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria,
Nigerian bandit conflict January • 1 January – The
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) destroys a
Boko Haram settlement at Mana Waji in
Borno State, killing dozens. • 2 January – Journalist
Omoyele Sowore and four other activists are arrested and beaten during a protest in
Abuja. • 8 January – Olatunji Babalola steps in as Acting MD of Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA) • 16 January –
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters armed with machine guns overrun a military base in
Marte, Borno. ISWAP says seven were killed and one person was captured. • 25 January – Police investigate the
kidnapping of seven boys and girls, aged 10–13, and an adult male from an
orphanage in Abuja. • 26 January – President Muhammadu Buhari shakes up the top military command.
Leo Irabor is named Chief of Defence,
Ibrahim Attahiru became commander the
Army,
A. Z. Gambo became commander of the
Navy, and
I. O. Amao became commander of the
Air Force. • 28 January – Hundreds of
unemployed Nigerians are
repatriated from
Saudi Arabia. • 29 January – A Dutch court rules that
Shell Nigeria must pay
Ogoni farmers punitive damages for a 2007 oil spill in the
Niger Delta. • 30 January –
UNICEF protests the
sentencing of 13-year-old Omar Farouq to ten years of prison for
blasphemy against
Allah.
Blasphemy is not a crime across Nigeria, but it is a violation of
Sharia law, which is followed in
Kano State along with
civil law.
February • 3 February – A judge in Abuja orders the arrest of the head of
ExxonMobil Nigeria after he ignores three summons to testify in a corruption investigation. • 4 February •
Facebook bans
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for
hate speech. • Government troops and planes overrun ISWAP camps in
Yobe State and Borno State. • 5 February – After the
South Korean trade minister drops out,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the leading candidate to head the
World Trade Organization (WTO). If elected, Okonjo-Iweala will be the first woman and the first African to hold the post. • 7 February – Fourteen people are killed in Kutemeshi and five are killed in Kujeni, both in
Kaduna State, in raids by armed bandits who looted shops and warehouses as well as burning houses and a church. • 11 February – Hussaini Abdullahi of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says that 4,000
Fulani herdsmen have fled from
Yoruba and
Igbo-speaking regions after being accused of rising crime rates. • 13 February – At least six protesters are beaten and 13 others are arrested at the site of the
2020 Lekki shooting in
Lagos State. • 17 February • One student is killed and 41 people (students, teachers, family members)
are kidnapped by bandits in
Kagara, Niger State. • Businessman
Obinwanne Okeke, (″Invictus Obi″) is sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for cyber fraud amounting to $11 million (£8 million). • 20 February – Boko Haram insurgents attacked the towns of Marte and Dikwa in Borno State. • 21 February – Seven are killed when a
military plane crashes in Abuja. • 23 February –
2021 Maiduguri rocket attacks • 24 February – Gunmen
kill 36 people and burn down houses in attacks in Kaduna and Katsina States. • 26 February –
Zamfara kidnapping of at least 317 schoolgirls. • 27 February – The 42 hostages kidnapped from a school in Kagara, Niger State, on 17 February are freed.
March • 2 March – Insurgents temporarily hold
Dikwa, Borno State. • 6 March – President Buhari receives the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and calls for Nigerians to follow his lead. 3.92 million vaccines arrived on March 2, provided by the U.N.
COVAX program. The country expects 84 million doses of vaccine this year and hopes to vaccinate 40% of the population this year and 30% in 2022. There have been 158,042 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,954 deaths. • 11 March – Thirty students
are kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, in Mando,
Kaduna. The gunmen ran past the boys′ dormitory to capture the largest number of girls possible. • 31 March – Critics of President Muhammadu Buhari including members of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decry his frequent trips to London for health care, calling it a drain on the treasury.
April • 5 April –
Owerri prison break • 8 April – Eleven armed forces personnel were killed in an attack in
Benue State. • 20 April –
Greenfield University kidnapping • 25 April •
Mainok attack •
Makurdi kidnapping May •
Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021) • 26 May –
Kebbi boat disaster • 30 May -
Tegina kidnapping June • 2 June –
Twitter removes one of his Muhammadu Buhari's tweets and temporarily suspends his account. • 3 June –
2021 Kebbi massacre • 4 June – the Minister of Information and Culture announced that Twitter's operations in Nigeria would be "suspended" indefinitely, arguing that the company engages in activities that "are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence. • 5 June – Under directives issued pursuant to the suspension,
Twitter was blocked by all
internet service providers in the country. • 12 June – Police break up a peaceful
Democracy Day protest in
Lagos by firing tear gas and firing live ammunition into the air. Other protests were held in Ibadan, Osogbo, Abeokuta, Akure, and elsewhere. • 24 June –
Kebbi kidnapping July • 5 July –
Chikun kidnapping • 7 July – Eighteen people are killed by suspected Islamic militants in Dabna,
Hong,
Adamawa State, with the gunmen reportedly attacking the nearby villages of Kwapre and Garka as well. • Military plane shot down by bandits, pilot escapes.
September • 26 September -
Kwatar Daban Masara airstrike October • 17 October -
Sokoto massacre • 25 October -
Mazakuka mosque shooting November • 1 November -
2021 Lagos high-rise collapse • 30 November -
Bagwai boat disaster December [Death of Sylvester oromoni. The government has placed bullying inspectors all over schools in Nigeria,Lagos.to protect young children from being bullied. Niger State mosque massacre kills dozen. ==Culture==