• Source: 2000 in Nigeria

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.




Incumbents






= Federal government

=
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






= 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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