TODAY IN NIGERIA HISTORY

8000 B.C. – Creation of oldest currently known artifacts and stone shelters. Igboland mostly occupied by foragers, including Bantuancestors.
3000–500 B.C. – Development of agriculture (probably including yam cultivation) and animal husbandry.
500 B.C. – A.D. 200 – Nok culture flourishes in Northern Nigeria.
400–100 B.C. – Ironworking develops around Opi.

770 A.D. – Early Ijaw settlement.
800 – Yoruba civilization already well established, based on thirteen farming villages centered at Ilé-Ifẹ̀. Mega-state at Igbo-Ukwu has complex social structure, produces copious artifacts including bronzes.
1000 – The reign of the Kingdom of Nri began.
1100 – The Islamic state of Borno was established.
1200 – Ilé-Ifẹ̀ becomes Yoruba metropolis.
1255 – Oba Ewedo comes to power in Benin Empire.
1450 – Beginning of European contact on the Atlantic coast.^[1]
1500 – The nominally Muslim Hausa Kingdoms kingdoms were established in Northern Nigeria.

2002		Religious riots erupt over the Miss World pageant due to be hosted in Abuja.
2002	10 October	The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.
2003	April	Obasanjo won reelection as President.
2003	29 May	Obasanjo was sworn in for a second term as President.
2004		Obasanjo declared a state of emergency in response to the eruption of ethnoreligious violence in Plateau State.
2006	16 May	The National Assembly of Nigeria voted against a Constitutional amendment to remove term limits.
	13 June	Obasanjo met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya and Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Anan in New York City to resolve a dispute over Bakassi.
	1 August	Nigerian troops began to pull out of Bakassi.
	March through August	Seveal building collapse in Lagos killing 27 people
2007	15 March	The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the names of twenty-four approved candidates for the presidential elections.
2007	21 April	Umaru Yar'Adua, Governor of Katsina State, was elected President of Nigeria.

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