Nigeria
62 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Nigeria, 1905 CE to 2014 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.
20th century
33 entries, 1905 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century
- 1905Agnes Okoh in Ogba–Egbema–NdoniNigeriasource
- 1960July 1960 - Adesoji Aderemi became 1st African to be appointed governor in the CommonwealthNigeriasource
- 1961February 1961 - British Cameroons referendumNigeriasource
- 1962May 1962 – Action Group, a Western Region party led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, split into two, resulting in a crisis in western Nigeria.Nigeriasource
- 19631 October 1963 - appeals from the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London were abolished, but cases then pending retained their right of appeal to the J.C.P.C. from the Nigerian court system.Nigeriasource
- 1963January 21 - Hakeem Olajuwon, basketball playerNigeriasource
- 1964December - the Nigerian parliamentary election starts and continues into 1965Nigeriasource
- 1964Construction of the Kanji Dam beginsNigeriasource
- 1964October - Nigeria participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins its first medalNigeriasource
- 19642 February - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.Nigeriasource
- 196719 September - Republic of Benin establishedNigeriasource
- 19677 October - Asaba massacre took place when federal troops of Nigeria entered Asaba, rounded up as many as 500 Igbo men of Asaba and shot them.Nigeriasource
- 1967Benue-Plateau State: Police Commissioner Joseph GomwalkNigeriasource
- 1967September - Christopher Okigbo, poet, 37, killed during Nigerian Civil WarNigeriasource
- 197718 February – Kalakuta Republic, a communal compound founded by political activist Fela Kuti is destroyed by armed soldiers.Nigeriasource
- 197715 January–12 February – FESTAC 77 held in Lagos.Nigeriasource
- 199225 to August, athletes participated in the Barcelona OlympicsNigeriasource
- 1992September 26 - 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash occurs crashes just after take-off from Lagos killing all 158 on boardNigeriasource
- 1992Wikki Tourists F.C. football club establishedNigeriasource
- 199419 December – Nigeria Airways Flight 9805 crashes in marshland near Kiri KasamaNigeriasource
- 19943 / 4 June – The Democratic Alternative, a Nigerian opposition political party, is established in Benin City by about 200 Nigerians critical of the military politiciansNigeriasource
- 19944 June – Aaron Samuel Olanare, footballerNigeriasource
- 1999February 10 — Former Head of State, Olusegun Obasanjo wins the presidential election.Nigeriasource
- 1999December 19 — President Obasanjo orders troops to raid the town of Odi in the Niger Delta, in response to the murders of twelve policemen at the hands of local militia; The troops razed the town of Odi.Nigeriasource
- 1999May 10 — Igbinedion University, Okada is established.Nigeriasource
21st century
29 entries, 2000 CE to 2016 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century
- 200027 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.Nigeriasource
- 2000May - Religious riots erupt in Kaduna over the implementation of Islamic law.Nigeriasource
- 20005 June - The Obasanjo administration establishes the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to tackle the human and ecological issues in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.Nigeriasource
- 20001 October - Nigeria celebrates 40 years of independence from the United Kingdom.Nigeriasource
- 2001October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers.Nigeriasource
- 200117 July – Bowen University established.Nigeriasource
- 20017 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athleteNigeriasource
- 2002October 10 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.Nigeriasource
- 200528 June - Air Nigeria is established.Nigeriasource
- 200515 May - Murder of Alabi Hassan OlajokuNigeriasource
- 200510 December - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport.Nigeriasource
- 200530 May - 1st Africa Movie Academy Awards take place in Yenagoa.Nigeriasource
- 2006September 30 - The collapse of the Gusau Dam kills six people in Zamfara.Nigeriasource
- 2006January 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.Nigeriasource
- 2006May 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.Nigeriasource
- 2006March - Nigeria was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Nigeriasource
- 200816 May - 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion occurs killing between 10 and 100 people.Nigeriasource
- 2009January – Start of an meningitis outbreak in four West African countries, including Nigeria.Nigeriasource
- 200925 December – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an Islamic extremist, attempted to bomb the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while it was travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit.Nigeriasource
- 201320 April - Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare has posted the fifth best women's 200m time of 22.31 in 2013 (wind +1.3m/sec) at the Mount SAC Relays on Saturday in Los Angeles, California.Nigeriasource
- 2013Ruqayyatu "Ruqayyah" Rufai – Minister of EducationNigeriasource
- 201324 July - Michael Ikpoki, former CEO of MTN Ghana has been named as the new chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria.Nigeriasource
- 2013Ita Okon Bassey Ewa – Minister of Science & TechnologyNigeriasource
- 201317 June - Nigeria's national football team beat Tahiti 6–1.Nigeriasource
- 2014August 25 – Boko Haram declares an Islamic state in areas of Nigeria under its control.Nigeriasource