2008 in Nigeria

Years in Nigeria:	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years:	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2008 to Nigeria and its people.

Incumbents

Events

April 26 - 4th African Movie Academy Awards take place in Abuja
May 16 - 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion occurs killing between 10 and 100 people
August - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Olympics winning 6 medals
September - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics winning 9 medals

Deaths

April 27 - Abraham Adesanya, politician, lawyer and activist (born 1922)
May 24 - Sonny Okosun, musician (born 1947)

References

2008 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 South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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