Category: Top 10 Events of 2023

2023 came to a close in Nigeria on a tragic note. On Sunday night, December 3, a military drone strike killed many civilians gathered for a religious celebration at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.…

If the general elections were the most significant events in Nigeria’s political sector in 2023, the removal of subsidy on petrol was the equivalent in the economic sector. Bola Ahmed Tinubu who emerged from the elections as the country’s president…

2023 ushered Nigerians into a regime of unmitigated suffering occasioned by the combined effects of a government policy of Naira Redesign and inexplicable hike in price of petrol. The Naira Redesign policy which was introduced by the Central Bank of…

Being conservative by nature, the Nigerian judiciary hardly grabs news headlines. But the 2023 general elections dragged it to the front pages for most part of the year, mostly for negative reasons. Many of its controversial judgments on electoral litigations,…

The commissioning of the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport by President Mohammadu Buhari in the twilight of his administration escaped the attention of many Nigerians. This was, perhaps, because it was buried in the din of political activities in the…

The inauguration of the Second Niger Bridge at Onitsha, Anambra state, by the then President Muhammadu Buhari in May was a big milestone event in 2023. It was designed to ease the perennial traffic gridlock at the existing Niger Bridge…

It all started as a personal ambition by a 27-year-old Nigerian chef to enter the Guinness Book of Records. But Hilda Baci ended up putting Nigerians’ patriotism on display, creating a frenzy among the Nigerian ruling elite and the masses…

The biggest story on the entertainment scene in Nigeria in 2023 turned out, ironically, to be a story of a highbrow suspected murder, tears and sorrow. The mysterious sudden death in a hospital of the budding young music star, Ilerioluwa…

Outside politics, the most significant single event in 2023 with the potential to impact every citizen was the commissioning of the Dangote refinery located at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos in May. The ceremony was performed by the…

The year 2023 has been rightly described as Nigeria’s election year. The entire year was defined by the general elections, as their fallouts and related matters reverberated across the country and engaged the citizens for most part of the year.…