2007 in Nigeria
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Federal government
- President: Olusegun Obasanjo (until 29 May), Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (starting 29 May)[1]
- Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (until 29 May), Goodluck Jonathan (starting 29 May)
- Senate President: Ken Nnamani (Until May) David Mark (Starting June)
- House Speaker:
- Until 29 May: Aminu Bello Masari
- 6 June – 30 October: Patricia Etteh
- Starting 1 November: Dimeji Bankole
- Chief Justice: Salihu Moddibo Alfa Belgore (Until January) Idris Legbo Kutigi (Starting January)
Governors
- Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu (until 29 May), Theodore Orji (starting 29 May)
- Adamawa State: Boni Haruna (until 29 May), Murtala Nyako (starting 29 May)
- Akwa Ibom State: Victor Attah (until 29 May), Godswill Akpabio (starting 29 May)
- Anambra State: Virginia Etiaba (until 9 February), Peter Obi (starting 9 February)
- Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu (until 29 May), Isa Yuguda (starting 29 May)
- Bayelsa State: Goodluck Jonathan (until 29 May), Timipre Sylva (starting 29 May)
- Benue State: George Akume (until 29 May), Gabriel Suswam (starting 29 May)
- Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff
- Cross River State: Donald Duke (until 29 May), Liyel Imoke (starting 29 May)
- Delta State: James Ibori (until 29 May), Emmanuel Uduaghan (starting 29 May)
- Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu (until 29 May), Martin Elechi (starting 29 May)
- Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion (until 29 May), Adams Aliyu Oshiomle (starting 29 May)
- Ekiti State:
- until 27 April: Tunji Olurin
- 27 April-29 May: Tope Ademiluyi
- starting 29 May: Olusegun Oni
- Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani (until 29 May), Sullivan Chime (starting 29 May)
- Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
- Imo State: Achike Udenwa (until 29 May), Ikedi Ohakim (starting 29 May)
- Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (until 29 May), Sule Lamido (starting 29 May)
- Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi (until 29 May), Namadi Sambo (starting 29 May)
- Kano State: Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (until 29 May), Ibrahim Shekarau (starting 29 May)
- Katsina State: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (until 29 May), Ibrahim Shema (starting 29 May)
- Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero (until 29 May), Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari (starting 29 May)
- Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris
- Kwara State: Bukola Saraki
- Lagos State: Bola Tinubu (until 29 May), Babatunde Fashola (starting 29 May)
- Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu (until 29 May), Aliyu Doma (starting 29 May)
- Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure (until 29 May), Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (starting 29 May)
- Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel
- Ondo State: Olusegun Agagu
- Osun State: Olagunsoye Oyinlola
- Oyo State: Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja (until 29 May), Christopher Alao-Akala (starting 29 May)
- Plateau State:
- until 27 April: Michael Botmang
- 27 April-29 May: Joshua Dariye
- starting 29 May: Jonah David Jang
- Rivers State:
- until 29 May: Peter Odili
- 29 May–25 October: Celestine Omehia
- starting 25 October: Chibuike Amaechi
- Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa (until 29 May), Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (starting 29 May)
- Taraba State: Jolly Nyame (until 29 May), Danbaba Suntai (starting 29 May)
- Yobe State: Ahmad Sani Yarima (until 29 May), Mahmud Shinkafi (starting 29 May)
Events
March
- March 27 - More than ninety people are burnt to death after a fire following a petrol spill in Kaduna State.[2]
April
- April 4 - Four foreign hostages held in the Niger Delta region are freed.[3]
- April 14 - Nigerian voters go to the polls for state governor and legislative elections.[4] Security is tight in the northern city of Kano following the murder of militant Islamic cleric Ustaz Ja'afar Adam.[5]
August
References
- ↑ "Huge win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua". BBC News. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Nigeria: 90 Burnt to Death in Kaduna Petrol Fire". allafrica.com. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Surprise as Delta hostages freed". BBC News. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Confusion mars Nigeria election". BBC News. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Cleric killed in Nigeria mosque". BBC News. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ Chang, Alvin; Liu, Rita; Craig, Jess (1 June 2022). "'We were eating, drinking, breathing the oil': the villagers who stood up to big oil – and won". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
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