Events that Shaped the Year 2022 in Nigeria In this report, Sunday Ehigiator did a retrospect on some of the major events that shaped the year 2022 in Nigeria It was a very busy and eventful
did a retrospect on some of the major events that shaped the year 2022 in Nigeria
Following several back-and-forth meetings with the FG, ASUU called off an eight-month-longan long strike on October 14, 2022, but this was not after the FG had introduced a no-work, no-pay policy and also registered a new university staff union known as the Congress of Nigerian University Academics , in a bid to break the influence ASUU.In February, the whole of Nigeria was filled with adulterated fuel imported into Nigeria.
This development came after the federal government said it would carry out a major investigation to know the circumstances surrounding the importation of adulterated fuel into the country. The facility was built on a landmass of approximately 56,000 square metres, with 66 check-in counters and can process 14 million passengers annually.
Initial outcry said it was a gas explosion, but the latest hints from the place said it could be an oil bunkering site. Footages from the place showed roasted bodies lining up along the path, showing that people were trying to escape.On May 12, 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student, was killed by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto, Nigeria, after being accused of blasphemy.
According to witnesses, security forces fired tear gas and warning shots but failed to disperse the mob. A student who had witnessed the lynching recounted that Deborah’s last words were “What do you hope to achieve with this?”, and that Christian students fled the premises during the lynching.
According to him, “I asked the tweet to be deleted because I normally approve every tweet and since I did not approve the tweet, I asked them to delete it. If you read my subsequent statement on that murder, I condemned it.”On May 28, 2022, 31 people were killed and seven others injured in a stampede in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, at a church event where free food was to be given out.
He emerged as the party’s choice at its ongoing national convention and presidential primary in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, on Monday, after other aspirants stepped down for him. The attack took place at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in the Owo local government area and began at around 11:30 am, as worshippers inside the church were attending Mass and celebrating Pentecost.
Former Secretary to the State Government Abiodun Oyebanji won the office for the APC by a 30 per cent margin over first runner-up and SDP nominee, former Governor Olusegun Oni. Amusan, the Ogun State born upset the world of athletics to crest a second feat in the Commonwealth Games. Spectacularly, Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win gold at the African Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in the same year.On August 2, 22 persons were crushed to death, in two separate auto crashes in Lagos and Cross River states. While 16 persons lost their lives in the accident that occurred at Alaro city, Epe area of Lagos, the other six persons being conveyed by a Sienna Bus were crushed by a truck laden with cement in Cross River state.
More so, Rystad Energy, an international energy consulting firm, in its energy transition report, estimated that Total and ConocoPhillips would divest assets close to $27.5bn. In March, the World Bank estimated that about 4 out of 10 Nigerians live below the national poverty line. However, the CBN has said on its website that the Federal Government’s borrowing from it through the Ways and Means Advances could have adverse effects on the bank’s monetary policy to the detriment of domestic prices and exchange rates.
The devastation happened two weeks after the National Emergency Management Agency appealed to residents in the town and other communities in flood-prone areas to vacate such areas to higher plains following an earlier warning of impending flood by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency .On September 21, Gunmen identified to be some Fulani Herdsmen, attacked two communities in Nigeria’s north-central region, killing 14 people and injuring many others.
Rufai was wearing a $10,000 watch and a $35,000 gold chain when he was arrested at JFK International Airport in New York on his way to Nigeria in May 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics in its Cooking Gas Price and Household Kerosene Price Watch, on September 20, said the average price of 5 kilograms of cooking gas increased from N4,397.68 in July to N4,456.56 in August.
According to the report, the release was secured by a Presidential Committee reportedly set up by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, to look into the abduction of victims.On October 7, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the “2023 Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition” to the joint session of the National Assembly.
“85 of them packed into a single boat and the weight overpowered the boat,” said Godwin Thickman, the regional head of the emergency management agency. He said the boat could not move freely because it ran into submerged trees and the roofs of houses.US Museums Returns Benin Bronzes Stolen in the 19th Century
According to Kanu’s Lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the charges were dismissed after a jury faulted the legality of the case against him. However, Kanu is yet to be released from custody. The outgoing governor, Fayemi, who described the airport as a dream come true for Ekiti State people, said the facility would boost the socio-economic growth and development of the state.On October 14, after eight months of embarking on strike to press home their demands from the federal government, lecturers of public universities in the country suspended the action.
“The department ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees from Abuja due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks there,” it said in a revised travel advisory for Nigeria.Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped from 20.77 per cent in September 2022 to 21.09 per cent in October 2022 as the country battles with soaring food prices.
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