2000 in Nigeria

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)

Governors

Governor of Rivers State: Peter Odili (PDP)

Events

January

27 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.

May

May - Religious riots erupt in Kaduna over the implementation of Islamic law.

June

5 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.

October

1 October - Nigeria celebrates 40 years of independence from the United Kingdom.

See also

Timeline of Nigerian history

Years in Nigeria (1960-present)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

2000 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Anjouan Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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