2022 in Nigeria
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Federal government
- President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
- Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
- Senate President: Ahmed Lawan (APC)
- House Speaker: Femi Gbajabiamila (APC)
- Chief Justice: Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (Until 27 June); Olukayode Ariwoola (Starting 27 June)
Governors
- Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
- Adamawa State: Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri PDP
- Akwa Ibom State: Udom Gabriel Emmanuel PDP
- Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA) (Until 17 March); Charles Chukwuma Soludo (APGA) (Starting 17 March)
- Bauchi State: Bala Muhammed PDP
- Bayelsa State: Duoye Diri PDP
- Benue State: Samuel Ortom PDP
- Borno State: BabaGana Umara APC
- Cross River State: Benedict Ayade PDP
- Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa PDP
- Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi PDP
- Edo State: Godwin Obaseki APC
- Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi (APC) (Until 16 October); Biodun Oyebanji (APC) (Starting 16 October)
- Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi PDP
- Gombe State: Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya APC
- Imo State: Hope Uzodinma APC
- Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar APC
- Kaduna State: Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai APC
- Kano State: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje APC
- Katsina State: Aminu Bello Masari APC
- Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu APC
- Kogi State: Yahaya Bello APC
- Kwara State: AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq APC
- Lagos State: Babajide Sanwo-Olu APC
- Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Sule APC
- Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello APC
- Ogun State: Dapo Abiodun APC
- Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu APC
- Osun State: Adegboyega Oyetola (APC) (Until 27 November); Ademola Adeleke (PDP) (Starting 27 November)
- Oyo State: Oluwaseyi Makinde PDP
- Plateau State: Simon Lalong APC
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike PDP
- Sokoto State: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal PDP
- Taraba State: Arch. Darius Ishaku PDP
- Yobe State: Mai Mala Buni APC
- Zamfara State: Bello Matawalle PDP
Events
Ongoing – 2022 Nigeria floods, Boko Haram insurgency, COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria, Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Nigerian bandit conflict
January
- 4–6 January – 2022 Zamfara massacres
- 14–15 January – Dankade massacre
February
- 5 February – 2022 Kebbi State local elections
- 10 February
- Bandits raid the village of Rogoji, Bakura, Zamfara State, killing five people and causing a mass exodus from the town.[1] The bandits were requested to do so by a woman whose son was killed by vigilantes.[2]
- Armed robbers raid a bullion van in Ibadan, Oyo State, killing six people, including two policemen.[3][4][5]
- 12 February – 2022 Federal Capital Territory local elections
- 23 February – 2022 Enugu State local elections
March
- 8 March – March 2022 Kebbi massacres[6][7]
- 12 March – 2022 Imo State local elections[8]
- 28 March – Abuja–Kaduna train attack
April
- 9 April – 2022 Adamawa State local elections[9][10]
- 10 April – 2022 Plateau State massacres
- 11 April – 2022 Katsina State local elections
- 19 April – 2022 Edo State local elections
- 22 April – 2022 Imo-Rivers explosion
May
- 7 May – 2022 Benue State local elections
- 12 May – Lynching of Deborah Yakubu
- 28 May – 2022 Port Harcourt stampede
June
- 5 June – Owo church attack
July
August
- 7 August – The world-record holder in the women's 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan broke a 16-year record in that event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]
- 31 August – One person is killed and six others are injured after a building collapse in Kano, Kano State.[12]
September
- 5 September – Six people are killed after a building collapses in Lagos.[13]
- 12 September – Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra.[14]
- 21 September – Fulani herdsmen shoot and kill 14 civilians in Logo, Benue State.[15]
- 24 September – Fifteen people are killed and many others are injured after armed bandits attacked a mosque in Zamfara.[16]
October
- 5 October – Abuja–Kaduna train attack: The Nigerian military says it has secured the release of the last 23 passengers taken hostage in late March.[17]
- 8 October – At least 76 people are killed after a boat carrying people fleeing floodwater capsizes in Anambra State.[18]
- 17 October – The death toll from the ongoing floods across Nigeria, which started in early summer, increases to more than 600.[19]
- 18 October – Multiple people are killed and 10 others are abducted after gunmen storm a hospital in Niger State.[20]
November
- 8 November – Four people are killed and twelve others are injured by a bombing in Anambra State.[21]
- 11 November – Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State.[22]
December
- 7 December – The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will limit individual cash withdrawals to 100,000 Nigerian naira (225 USD) per week to reduce counterfeiting and to discourage ransom payments to kidnappers.[23]
- 20 December – Nigerian bandit conflict: At least 38 people are killed and several houses are torched during two attacks at two villages in Kagoro, Kaduna State.[24]
- 29 December – Fourteen people are killed and 24 more injured after a drunk driver ploughed into crowds at the annual carnival parade in Calabar.[25]
