2006 in Nigeria
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2006 to Nigeria and its people. See also Timeline of Nigerian history
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
- Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)
- Senate President: Ken Nnamani (PDP)
- House Speaker: Aminu Bello Masari (PDP)
- Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais (Until June) Salihu Moddibo Alfa Belgore (Starting July)
Governors
- Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu
- Adamawa State: Boni Haruna
- Anambra State:
- until 17 March: Chris Ngige
- 17 March-2 November: Peter Obi
- starting 2 November: Virginia Etiaba
- Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu
- Bayelsa State: Goodluck Jonathan
- Benue State: George Akume
- Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff
- Cross River State: Donald Duke
- Delta State: James Ibori
- Ebonyi State: Martin Elechi
- Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion
- Ekiti State: Olusegun Oni (starting 29 May)
- Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani
- Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
- Imo State: Achike Udenwa
- Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
- Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi
- Kano State: Ibrahim Shekarau
- Katsina State: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero
- Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris
- Kwara State: Bukola Saraki
- Lagos State: Bola Tinubu
- Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu
- Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure
- Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel
- Ondo State: Olusegun Agagu
- Osun State: Olagunsoye Oyinlola
- Oyo State: Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
- Plateau State: Michael Botmang
- Rivers State: Peter Odili
- Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa
- Taraba State: Jolly Nyame
- Yobe State: Bukar Abba Ibrahim
- Zamfara State: Mahmud Shinkafi
Events
January
- January 25 - Nigerian militants attack the industrial facility of a subsidiary of the Italian oil giant, Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Port Harcourt killing eight policemen and a civilian worker.
February
- February 9 - A large-scale slaughter is planned at a Nigerian farm where thousands of chickens have died from bird flu.
- February 18 - Sixteen people are killed in northern Nigeria as demonstrators protest the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons by storming and burning Christian churches and businesses.
March
- March - Nigeria was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- March 22 - The top nine floors of the Nigerian Investment Development Bank in Lagos collapse during a thunderstorm, killing at least one and injuring several others.
- March 25 - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo announced he would allow former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to be extradited to Liberia, where he is wanted for numerous crimes.
April
- April 9 - Nigerian President Obasanjo and the Republic of the Congo president Denis Sassou-Nguesso host talks in Abuja between the rival groups in Darfur hoping to accelerate the peace process. Sudanese attendees include Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Minni Arcua Minnawi head of the most powerful faction of the divided Sudan Liberation Army, and Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the smaller Justice and Equality Movement.
May
- May 12 - A pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos kills about 100 people. Vandals were tapping into the pipeline to steal oil when the blast erupted.
- May 16 - The National Assembly of Nigeria votes against a constitutional amendment to remove term limits; President Obasanjo is prevented from contesting a third term in office.
June
- June 13 - President Olusegun Obasanjo meets with his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya, and UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan in New York City to resolve dispute talks over Bakassi.
July
- July 8 - The Nigerian government announces it will lay off one in five civil servants, amounting to over 33,000 jobs.
August
- August 1 - Nigerian troops begin to pull out of Bakassi; Bakassi becomes Cameroonian territory.
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