The major and notable events that occurred in 1987 during the military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s reign are listed in detail below. Enjoy!
JANUARY:
– A budget of N17.6 billion naira is announced by General Babangida.
In Kano State, spinal meningitis kills many people.
– According to the revelations made by Mr. Justice Bolarinwa Babalakin, the chairman of the now-defunct FEDECO probe panel, the government was informed that N35 million was spent on the 1983 general elections and that two million electoral workers were involved.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) stated that “text book lawyers” should not be given the title “Senior Advocate of Nigeria.”
About 500 market women demonstrated in Bendel State against the high cost of education.
– The US Secretary of State, George Schultz, was in Nigeria.
– The federal government received the report from the Akanbi Commission, which was established to investigate the student crisis of May 1986.
– The price of a barrel of crude oil increased to $19 for the first time in 13 months.
January 15: General Olusegun Obasanjo, a former head of state, introduced his book NZEOGWU. There was a lot of debate about the book all over the country.
January 21: As an observer, Nigeria participated in the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC). Chief Duro Onabule, the President’s Chief Press Secretary, made this announcement.
January 28: According to the British High Commission, Nigerians will be subject to more stringent entry requirements when traveling to the United Kingdom.
January 29: Following a guinea worm outbreak, 300 people in Kwara State were admitted to the hospital.
January 29: The Cocoa Board in Ibadan laid off 2,000 workers in advance of its demise.
FIRST OF FEBRUARY: The Nigerian Newsprint Manufacturing Company stated in an announcement that newsprint production at its Oku-Iboku plant had returned to normal. Recent months had seen a decline in production.
February 1: As the Nigerian Palm Produce Board collapses in Calabar, 1,500 employees are laid off.
February 2: There were boos and jeers as the Ondo State Rural Development Agency Director, Dr. Wunmi Akintide, was removed from office.
February 4: General Babangida travels to Paris, France, for a radiculopathy surgery.
February 5: 250 workers are let go by the Nigeria Rubber Board.
February 8: At the American Hospital in Paris, operations are performed on General Babangida.
February 10: In Yaba, Lagos, gunmen attack Lynda Obasanjo (nee Soares), the wife of General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former head of state. In her Peugeot 505, they shot and killed her.
February 10: The Chief of General Staff (CGS), Augustus Aikhomu, cautions retired soldiers against making reckless and irresponsible public statements.
February 11: The sole occupant of the Nigerian Air Force Alpha jet was killed when it crashed at Kainji. A test flight had begun for the aircraft.
February 11: The Federal Ministry of External Affairs has instructed the British High Commission to close its new visa office on Awolowo Road in Ikoyi, Lagos.
February 14: Benin executed DSP Iyamu and eight others for armed robbery (in connection with the Lawrence Anini case).
February 17: 90 of the 122 employees at the Mainland Suppliers Company in Ilorin, Kwara State, are fired.
February 19: 150 workers at the Nigeria Truck Manufacturing Company in Kano are laid off.
February 23: The National Minimum Wage Act has been amended to state that the N125 minimum wage should only be paid by employers with more than 500 employees.
1MARCH, 2019 At the Federal University of Technology, Akure, fraud led to the dismissal of five other employees, including a senior accountant.
4 March: 500 employees who had been with the company for more than 35 years will be retiring, according to the Minister of Communication.
4 March: After having an operation for radiculopathy in Paris, General Babangida returns to Nigeria.
19 March: The new Chief Justice of the Federation is sworn in as Mr. Justice Mohammed Bello.
6 March: His birthday was celebrated by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. His final act would be that.
7 March: In the former Kaduna State, Kaduna, Kafanchan, and Zaria, ethno-religious clashes result in numerous fatalities and injuries.
12 March: Following the violent clashes between Muslims and Christians, Kaduna State is subject to a curfew that runs from dusk to dawn.
16 March: The Concert of Medium Power took place at the Lagos Forum.
27 March: The Federal Government received the report from the Political Politburo.
28 March: For armed robbery, Lawrence Anini, aka The Law, Monday Osunbor, and Friday Abeju were executed by firing squad in Benin.
MARCH 6 MARCH: The government slams Newswatch for publishing the leaked content of the Political Politburo’s findings, which were previously presented to the Armed Forces Ruling Council.
17 April: Captain Billy Eko, a Nigeria Airways pilot, was found with seven and a half pounds of heroin in his possession when he was stopped in New York, USA.
18 April: In the United States, a nine-year-old Nigerian boy was found to be in possession of heroin worth $1.5 million.
19 April: The junior national team of Nigeria, the Flying Eagles, defeated Togo 3-0 to win the Tessema Cup.
21 April: On the Second-Tier Foreign Exchange Market (SFEM), the Central Bank of Nigeria adopted the Dutch Auction System (DAS), and bidding was also changed from weekly to daily.
23 April: The first three AIDS victims to die in Nigeria were reported dead. Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, the Minister of Health, made the announcement.
24 April: The government alters its stance regarding the minimum wage. Previously, the National Minimum Wage Act of 1961 did not apply to businesses that employed fewer than 500 workers.
MAY 1, 2015: Workers booed the government on what was supposed to be a day of celebration for workers. They lamented the country’s deteriorating economic situation. The occasion was used by the military government to lift the 10-year ban on ten people, including Nigeria’s most prominent laborer, Michael Imoudu.
5 May: The federal government establishes a Productivity Centre.
9 May: In Ikenne, Ogun State, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a veteran politician and elder statesman, passed away at home.
18 May: Three students died from suffocation in an overcrowded hall at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. They were awaiting the start of a beauty contest.
21 May: At the University of Benin, where he was employed as a lecturer, Dr. Festus Iyayi, the National President of the ASUU, receives his resignation letter.
22 May: The University of Benin was forced to close after a violent, all-night demonstration by students. Professor Grace Alele-Williams was the first female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria.
30 May: Nigeria receives a glass casket in memory of the late Chief Awolowo from the United Kingdom.
JUNE 4, 2016 The Minister of Education, Professor Jubril Aminu, issued a directive to all of the federation’s states requesting that primary school fees and per capita levies be eliminated and that tax clearance certificates not be required prior to student admission.
6 June: At his home in Ogun State’s Ikenne, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was buried in a marble tomb.
28 June: There were whispers that a German school in Apapa, Lagos, was engaging in Nazi-like racism.
July 1, 2017: A six-year political transition program announced by President Babangida will result in the military’s disengagement from power and the transfer of power to civilians in 1992.
3 July: The Federal Government of Nigeria prohibits religious advertisements from appearing in any and all newspapers.
7 July: In Abuja, FCT, the ECOWAS Summit begins.
9 July: General Babangida was reappointed, marking Nigeria’s third consecutive tenure as ECOWAS Chairman despite the fact that Nigeria did not compete for the position.
13 July: World Bank President Barber Conable visited Nigeria for three days.
16 July: On the Sokoto-Shagari Road in Sokoto State, an accident resulted in the deaths of four of Shehu Shagari’s children.
25 July: In Toronto, Canada, the Nigerian Golden Eaglets lost in a penalty shootout. They finished second to the Soviet Union at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
25 July: MAMSER was launched in Lagos by IBB.
28 July: President Babangida announced an award of N5,000 for each Golden Eaglet and a Peugeot 504 for each of the team’s three coaches.
August 1, 2018: Interest rates are deregulated by the CBN.
August 4: A ten-member National Electoral Commission (NEC) led by Eme Ewa, a 66-year-old political science professor, was established to oversee the Third Republic.
August 7: At the 4 All African Games in Nairobi, Kenya, Nigerians Chidi Imo and Mary Onyali set new Africa records of 10.29 seconds and 11.24 seconds, respectively, in the men’s and women’s races.
August 12: Mr. Oladele Olashore, chief executive officer of First Bank, a government-owned bank, and Dr. Ibrahim Ayagi, his counterpart at the Continental Merchant Bank, both retired for having irreconcilable differences with the economic policies of the government.
August 22: In Bauchi, all unmarried women were given a three-month deadline to get married or face the council’s ire.
August 26: The federal government lifted the Newswatch ban that had been in place for six months.
September 4, 2016: The federal government appointed a 46-member committee to examine the 1979 constitution.
September 13: The heroin packets Isaac Nkem Edeh swallowed burst in his stomach, resulting in his death at the Queens Hotel in Central London. He was 26.
September 14: The Air India A310 Airbus that was seized by customs officials on August 25, 1987, for importing 32.5 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria was ordered to be released immediately by a high court in Lagos.
September 14: On Lagos Island, a three-story building at 20 Idushage Lane collapsed, claiming the lives of more than ten people.
September 17: In addition to tools for starting their own businesses, 350 young Nigerians trained by the National Directorate of Employment in Lagos received certificates of competence and N400 in cash.
September 23: As two new states, Akwa Ibom and Katsina were created. In addition, in 1992, three categories of former and current Nigerian public office holders received notices prohibiting them from holding elective positions.
1ST OF OCTOBER: In addition, the Federal Roads Safety Corps was established to enforce discipline and order on Nigerian roads and an additional N500 million was set aside for the settlement of local debt. On the same day, President Babangida and his service chiefs were promoted, and Yakubu Gowon, the former military ruler, was reinstated to his army general rank in 1976.
October 7: The Technical Aid Cooperation Scheme was launched by the Nigerian federal government to assist Third World nations.
October 11: At the U-20 World Youth Soccer Championship in Concepcion, Chile, the Nigerian team had a bad day as they were hammered 4-0 by Brazil.
October 12: the beginning of voter registration for the national elections for local government.
October 15: The FG approved a 10% increase in domestic fares and a 20% increase in international fares.
October 21: Over 32 kilograms of heroin were discovered on the plane of three Air India crew members.
October 25: For bringing a large quantity of heroin into the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Air India’s management was required to pay N128 million, or 32 million dollars.
17 NOVEMBER, 2017: On Lagos Island, an anti-riot officer shot and killed two brothers, Saka and Sule Dawodu, who were 25 and 27 years old, as they tried to settle a fight between a motorist and some traffic wardens. An angry Lagos crowd burst into flames, igniting a three-day standoff between island residents and law enforcement.
November 26: General Olusegun Obasanjo, the nation’s former head of state, brought up serious issues about the state of affairs, focusing particularly on how SAP was run.
The 9th of December: Alhaji Rilwanu Lukman was unanimously re-elected as OPEC President for the fourth time in a row in Vienna, Austria.
December 10: Nigeria and Cameroon signed a border agreement with Cameroon to settle border disputes.
December 12: The first elections of the transition program to return Nigeria to civilian rule by 1992 involve Nigerians voting.
December 15: Five new states’ governors were appointed.
December 16: The National Electoral Commission declared the local government elections in Lagos invalid due to alleged irregularities.
December 21: A significant cabinet reshuffle is announced by President Ibrahim Babangida.
