Events in the year 2025 in Nigeria.
Federal government
- President: Bola Tinubu (APC)
- Vice President: Kashim Shettima (APC)
- Senate President: Godswill Akpabio (APC)
- House Speaker: Tajudeen Abbas (APC)
- Chief Justice: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Events
January
- 5 January – Six soldiers and 34 militants are killed during an ambush by Boko Haram in Damboa, Borno State.[1]
- 7 January – Two people are killed in a bomb attack on a school in Bwari, Abuja.[2]
- 11 January – At least 21 members of the Katsina Community Watch Corps are killed in an ambush by bandits in Baure, Katsina State.[3]
- 13 January – At least 40 farmers are killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in Dumba, Borno State.[4]
- 13 January – At least 16 civilians are killed in an airstrike in Zamfara State. The military says it had accidentally hit the victims during an operation against militants.[5]
- 18 January –
- Nigeria is admitted to BRICS as a "partner country".[6]
- 2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosion: At least 98 people are killed after a crashed fuel truck explodes near Suleja, Niger State.[7]
- 22 January – At least 20 people are killed in a Boko Haram attack on the village of Gadan Gari, Borno State.[8]
- 23 January – The government officially designates the militant group Lakurawa as a terrorist organisation.[9]
- 24 January – A flight operated by United Airlines from Lagos to Washington DC returns to make an emergency landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following a “technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement”, injuring 38 people on board.[10]
- 25 January – A fuel tanker crashes into 17 vehicles along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Enugu State and explodes, killing at least 18 people.[11]
- 26 January – At least 20 soldiers are killed in an attack by Islamic State – West Africa Province militants on a garrison in Malam-Fatori, Borno State.[12]
February
- 2 February – Two buses collide on the Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway in Odigbo, Ondo State before catching fire, killing 30 people and injuring two others.[13]
- 5 February – At least 17 children are killed in a fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State.[14]
- 13 February – A truck falls into an overpass in Kano, killing 23 and injuring 48.[15]
- 16 February – At least ten civilians are reported killed in an airstrike in Safana, Katsina State. The military says it had accidentally hit the victims during an operation against rebels.[16]
- 19 February – The Netherlands agrees to repatriate 119 artefacts from the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, including some of the Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria.[17]
- 22 February – A bus crashes into a petrol tanker near Kusobogi, Niger State, killing 14 people and injuring six others.[18]
Holidays
Source:[19]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 30–31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 21 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 6–7 June – Eid al-Adha
- 12 June - Democracy Day
- 4 September – Milad un-Nabi
- 1 October – Independence Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 15 January – Adewunmi Onanuga, 59, politician, MP (since 2019).[20]
References
- ^ "6 soldiers and 34 extremist rebels die in a clash in northeastern Nigeria, military says". AP News. 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ "Explosive device kills 2 at a school near Nigeria's capital, police say". AP News. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Bandits in Nigeria ambush and kill 21 government-backed fighters". Al Jazeera. 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "At least 40 farmers killed by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria, an official says". AP News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Nigeria military kills 16 civilians in air strike 'mistake'". BBC. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "Nigeria is admitted as a partner country of the BRICS bloc". AP News. 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- ^ "Death toll in Nigeria gas tanker explosion rises to 98". AP News. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ "Boko Haram militants kill at least 20 in Nigeria's Borno state". Reuters. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "New Nigerian jihadist group declared terrorists". BBC. 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC". The Guardian. 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ^ "At least 18 have died after a tanker carrying gasoline exploded in southern Nigeria". AP News. 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "Islamist militants kill at least 20 Nigerian troops, security sources say". Reuters. 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "30 burnt to death in tragic Ondo road crash". PM News. 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ^ "Fire breaks out at a school in northern Nigeria, killing at least 17 children". AP News. 2025-02-06. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "23 die in Nigeria road crash: official". Daily Tribune. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
- ^ "Several civilians killed in Nigeria by military airstrike targeting rebels, officials say". AP News. 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
- ^ "The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times". AP News. 20 February 2025.
- ^ "14 die in central Nigeria road crash: official". Arab News. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "Nigeria Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "House Deputy Chief Whip, Adewunmi Onanuga dies". Nigerian Television Authority. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
