• Source: 2017 in Nigeria

      • Events in the year 2017 in Nigeria.


      Incumbents




      = Federal government

      =
      President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
      Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
      Senate President: Bukola Saraki (APC)
      House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (APC)
      Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (Starting 7 March)


      = Governors

      =
      Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
      Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC)
      Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP)
      Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA)
      Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC)
      Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP)
      Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC)
      Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC)
      Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP)
      Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
      Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP)
      Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
      Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose (PDP)
      Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
      Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)
      Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC)
      Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC)
      Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC)
      Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC)
      Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC)
      Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC)
      Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC)
      Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC)
      Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC)
      Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC)
      Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC)
      Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC)
      Ondo State: Olusegun Mimiko (LP) (until 24 February); Rotimi Akeredolu (APC) (starting 24 February)
      Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (APC)
      Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC)
      Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC)
      Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
      Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
      Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP)
      Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC)
      Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC)


      Events



      13 January – Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State signs ₦470 billion budget into law.
      17 January – Rann bombing, resulting in 115 deaths according to official sources.


      Deaths



      8 January – Abdulkadir Kure, politician (b. 1956)
      16 January – William Onyeabor, singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
      28 January – Mohammed Bello Abubakar, Muslim preacher and polygamist (b. 1924)
      26 April – Babalola Borishade, politician (b. 1946)
      4 June – Babatunde Osotimehin, physician and politician (b. 1949)
      21 June – Kelechi Emeteole, footballer (b. 1951)
      11 August – Segun Bucknor, musician and journalist (b. 1946)


      See also


      List of Nigerian films of 2017


      References

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