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5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria (May 2022)

There are the top 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022 In Nigeria, this article is meant to bring it to your notice without…

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May 31, 2022

Maryjane Eze

There are the top 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022, this article is meant to bring it to your notice without much stress. Nigerians have experienced both beautiful and disaster in the month of May starting from May 1.

Some of these things happened in some states in Nigeria but they are of great concern to Nigerians at large.

Below are the 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022:

The Muslim celebration of Ramadan
The killing of Deborah Samuel
Kano exploitation
The killing of a Pregnant Woman and her children in Anambra
Party Primaries

The Muslim Celebration Of Ramadan

The month of May has been blessed and favoured by Allah as the first May 1 was the first day of Shawwal 1443AH, the Day of Eid-el-Fitr is the number one among the top 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022 In Nigeria.

this was in line with the sighting of the new moon of Shawwal 1443AH, on Saturday, April 30, 2022, which was the 29th day of Ramadan 1443AH and therefore making Sunday, May 1, 2022, the 30th day of the month of Ramadan 1443AH.

The Sultan, the traditionalist as well as the Christians felicitated with the Nigerian Muslim Ummah and wished them Allah’s guidance and blessings.

Killing Of Deborah Samuel

The second 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022 the killing of Deborah Samuel.

On Thursday, May 12, a female student identified as Deborah Samuel was beaten to death and set ablaze by fellow students who accused her of posting a blasphemous statement in a WhatsApp group

The Shehu Shagari College of education located in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto was closed immediately following the attack and killing of the student. Two suspects were arrested following the murder of the student.

Kano Exploitation

School Children feared dead in exploitation that happened on 17 May 2022 in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano is one of the 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022.

The exploitation which was identified by Mustapha Habib Ahmed, head of the National Emergency Management Agency as gas exploitation by a gas cylinder used for welding led to the collapse of a school building close to a popular market in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano.

Meanwhile, the incident which happened on Tuesday left nine people killed but witnesses said there were no reported injuries among the school children.

The incident happened in the Sabon Gari area of the city which is mostly populated by people who moved to Kano from elsewhere.

Killing Of Pregnant Woman And Her Children In Anambra

Pregnant woman Harira Jibril, the wife of Jubril Ahmed, and her four children were shot dead in Orumba south in Anambra along with some indigenes of Anambra State.

The deceased and her four children were returning home on a motorcycle taxi when gunmen ambushed them – a community leader told BBC

The killing was about 24 hours after gunmen beheaded Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker in the state.

Charles Soludo, the governor of the state has reacted to the killing and thereby told the public that there is no targetted ethnicity or religion as pertaining to the killing because Anambra suffered casualties as a result of the unfortunate killing.

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Party Primaries

People’s Democratic Party(PDP) Presidential Primary

The Peoples Democratic Party screened 17 aspirants with two outstanding aspirants as former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State.

After the PDP primaries held on 28 May 2022, Atiku Abubakar with 371 emerged as the winner and the PDP flag bearer of the 2023 presidential election.

And this is one of the 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022.

Labour Party(LP) Presidential Primary

The former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi clinched the Labour Party’s ticket.

This incident happened barely a week after he announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as well as his withdrawal from the primary election and it is among the 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022.

Labour Party has four aspirants ready for the election as Professor Pat Utomi, Olubusola Emmanuel-Tella, Faduri Joseph and Peter Obi with a total of 185 delegates have been accredited to vote in the exercise.

At the Labour Party primary conducted in Asaba, the capital of Delta State on 30 May 2022 all three co-contenders Professor Pat Utomi, Olubusola Emmanuel-Tella, and Faduri Joseph stepped down for Mr Peter Obi.

Below is a quick summary of the 5 Remarkable Events In Nigeria in May 2022:

The Muslim celebration of Ramadan
The killing of Deborah Samuel
Kano exploitation
The killing of a Pregnant Woman and her children in Anambra
Party Primaries

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