# 2022 in Nigeria

Events in the year 2022 in Nigeria.

## Incumbents
### 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. The bandits were requested to do so by a woman whose son was killed by vigilantes.
** Armed robbers raid a bullion van in Ibadan, Oyo State, killing six people, including two policemen.
* 12 February – 2022 Federal Capital Territory local elections
* 23 February – 2022 Enugu State local elections

### March

* 8 March – March 2022 Kebbi massacres
* 12 March – 2022 Imo State local elections
* 28 March – Abuja–Kaduna train attack

### April

* 9 April – 2022 Adamawa State local elections
* 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

* 16 July
** 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election
** 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election

### 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.
* 31 August – One person is killed and six others are injured after a building collapse in Kano, Kano State.

### September

* 5 September – Six people are killed after a building collapses in Lagos.
* 12 September – Five people are killed during an attack on a senator's convoy in Anambra.
* 21 September – Fulani herdsmen shoot and kill 14 civilians in Logo, Benue State.
* 24 September – Fifteen people are killed and many others are injured after armed bandits attacked a mosque in Zamfara.

### 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.
* 8 October – At least 76 people are killed after a boat carrying people fleeing floodwater capsizes in Anambra State.
* 17 October – The death toll from the ongoing floods across Nigeria, which started in early summer, increases to more than 600.
* 18 October – Multiple people are killed and 10 others are abducted after gunmen storm a hospital in Niger State.

### November

* 8 November – Four people are killed and twelve others are injured by a bombing in Anambra State.
* 11 November – Twelve people are killed when a tank truck explodes in Ofu, Kogi State.

### 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.
* 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.
* 29 December – Fourteen people are killed and 24 more injured after a drunk driver ploughed into crowds at the annual carnival parade in Calabar.

## Culture
### January

* 1 January – Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke released on Netflix

### May

* 8 May – 8th Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards

## Deaths

* 1 January –
** Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2018–2019) and bishop (since 2019) of Ilorin.
** Anthony Obi, 69, politician, military administrator of Osun State (1996–1998).
* 2 January – Saliu Adetunji, 93, traditional ruler, Olubadan of Ibadan (since 2016).
* 3 January – Bashir Tofa, 74, Nigerian politician, MP (1977–1979)
* 11 January – Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State.
* 29 January – Ibrahim Naʼiddah, 68, Nigerian politician, MLA from Zamfara State.
* 8 February – Abdulkadir Abubakar Rano, a major figure of the Nigeria Police Force.
* 8 April – Osinachi Nwachukwu, 42, gospel singer (cause undisclosed)
* 14 April – Orlando Julius, 79, Afrobeat saxophonist, singer, bandleader, and songwriter
* 22 April – Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III.
* 11 June – Amb Osayomore Joseph, 69, highlife pioneer
* 25 November – Sammie Okposo, 51, Nigerian gospel singer
* 15 December – Ademola Rasaq Seriki, 63, Nigerian politician, MP (1998–1999).
* 17 December – Sunday Tuoyo, 84, Nigerian military officer and politician, governor of Ondo State (1978–1979).