2008 in Nigeria
Nigeria-related events during the year of 2008
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2008 to Nigeria and its people.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (PDP)
- Vice President: Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)
- Senate President: David Mark (PDP)
- House Speaker: Dimeji Bankole (PDP)
- Chief Justice: Idris Legbo Kutigi
Governors
- Abia State: Theodore Orji (PDP)
- Adamawa State: Murtala Nyako (PDP)
- Akwa Ibom State: Godswill Akpabio (PDP)
- Anambra State: Peter Obi (APGA)
- Bauchi State: Isa Yuguda (ANPP)
- Bayelsa State: Timipre Sylva (PDP)
- Benue State: Gabriel Suswam (PDP)
- Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)
- Cross River State: Liyel Imoke (PDP)
- Delta State: Emmanuel Uduaghan (PDP)
- Ebonyi State: Martin Elechi (PDP)
- Edo State: Adams Aliyu Oshiomle (AC)
- Ekiti State: Olusegun Oni (PDP)
- Enugu State: Sullivan Chime (PDP)
- Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
- Imo State: Ikedi Ohakim (PDP)
- Jigawa State: Sule Lamido (PDP)
- Kaduna State: Namadi Sambo (PDP)
- Kano State: Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP)
- Katsina State: Ibrahim Shema (PDP)
- Kebbi State: Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari (PDP)
- Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris (PDP)
- Kwara State: Bukola Saraki (AC)
- Lagos State: Babatunde Fashola (AC)
- Nasarawa State: Aliyu Doma (PDP)
- Niger State: Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (PDP)
- Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel (PDP)
- Ondo State: Olusegun Agagu (PDP)
- Osun State: Olagunsoye Oyinlola (PDP)
- Oyo State: Christopher Alao-Akala (PDP)
- Plateau State: Jonah David Jang (PDP)
- Rivers State: Chibuike Amaechi (PDP)
- Sokoto State: Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (PDP)
- Taraba State: Danbaba Suntai (PDP)
- Yobe State: Mamman Bello Ali (ANPP)
- Zamfara State: Mahmud Shinkafi (PDP)
Events
- April 26 - 4th Africa Movie Academy Awards take place in Abuja.[1]
- May 16 - 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion occurs killing between 10 and 100 people.[2][3]
- August - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Olympics winning 6 medals.[4][5]
- September - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics winning 9 medals.[6]
Deaths
- April 27 - Abraham Adesanya, politician, lawyer and activist (born 1922).[7][8]
- May 24 - Sonny Okosun, musician (born 1947).[9]
References
- ^ "The Sun News On-line". 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Scores killed in Nigeria oil fire". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Nigeria pipeline blast kills at least 100: Red Cross". Reuters. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Olympics Sports Medals - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ Ajibola, Gbenga Samson; Owolabi, Habeeb (2017). "COMPARING TEAM NIGERIA PERFORMANCE AT THE 2012 AND 2016 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES". Journal of Human Kinetics and Sports Science. 2: 10 – via Researchgate.
- ^ "NADECO Chieftain, Abraham Adesanya is Dead". Sahara Reporters. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ "Abraham Adesanya lives on". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ Ewens, Graeme (2008-08-03). "Obituary: Sonny Okosuns". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
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2008 in Africa
- 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
- 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
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories
other territories
- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
