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A number of Independent UN human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, urged the Government to immediately release the singer. [ 44 ] 20 August – The army regains control of Kukawa , Borno, where the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) had taken hundreds of captives on 18 ...
The National Examination Council announced an indefinite postponement of the 2020 common entrance examination into 104 Unity schools in Nigeria, which was supposed to hold on 28 March. [64] Enugu State government banned all social and political gatherings in the state. [ 65 ]
Nigeria has 36 states that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state government. The sole federal district, the Federal Capital Territory, is headed by a minister appointed by the president to oversee the administration.
One-term incumbent Godwin Obaseki switched from the APC to the PDP in 2020 [3] and sought re-election under the PDP banner; Obaseki won the PDP nomination [4] while former SSG and 2016 PDP gubernatorial nominee Osagie Ize-Iyamu became his main opponent by winning the APC nomination. [5] Obaseki won re-election, 57–42.
[17] [18] The following day, the government announced that the country had recorded its first incident. [19] As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continued to increase across Nigeria, the Federal government of Nigeria declared a total lockdown from 30 March 2020 to 15 May 2020, as part of the global effort to mitigate the spread of the ...
A West African court has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses during its suppression of the 2020 #EndSARS protests against alleged police brutality.
2020 in Nigeria (12 C, 11 P) 2021 in Nigeria (13 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "2020s in Nigeria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Following the elections, protesters demanded the government resign and the result be recounted. Two people were killed during the demonstrations on 25–26 February when police fired tear gas at protesters. Protesters threw stones at the soldiers in military vehicles who patrolled and clashed with demonstrators in Niamey. Protests lasted three ...