This article is about the particular significance of the year 1992 to

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and its

people A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of pr ...

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Ibrahim Babangida Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August, 1941) is a retired Nigerian Army general and politician. He served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Ch ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Augustus Aikhomu Augustus Akhabue Aikhomu (20 October 1939 – 17 August 2011) was an Admiral in the Nigerian Navy, who served as the ''de facto'' Vice President of Nigeria under military head of state General Ibrahim Babangida from 1986 to 1993. Early life ...

* Chief of Defence Staff:

Sani Abacha Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military officer and politician who ruled as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998. He seized power on 17 November 1993 in the last successful c ...

* Chief Justice: Mohammed Bello

Events

July

* 4 -

parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

took place, the first since the first since the 1983 military coup * 25 to August, athletes participated in the

Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

September

* 26 -

1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash On 26 September 1992 a Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules crashed three minutes after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially ...

occurs crashes just after take-off from

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...

killing all 158 on board

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* Wikki Tourists F.C. football club established

Births

* May 12 - Muideen Akanji, boxer * June 1 -

Lateef Elford-Alliyu Lateef Elford-Alliyu (born 1 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently unattached. Playing career West Bromwich Albion 'Pan' as he was known to his teammates at West Bromwich Albion was catapulted ...

, footballer * September 12 –

Bernie Ibini-Isei Bernie Alpha Ibini-Isei (born 12 September 1992), also known simply as Bernie Ibini, is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger and a forward. Born in Nigeria, he represented Australia internationally. Early life Bernie Ibini-Isei ...

, footballer * November 1 -

Gbenga Arokoyo Gbenga Arokoyo (born 1 November 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Swedish club Umeå FC as a defender. Career Arokoyo was signed by Kwara United from Kwara Football Academy in 2010. During his time at the club he was selected for ...

, footballer * November 16 - George Akpabio, footballer * December 9 - Michael Augustine, footballer * December 12 -

Ramon Azeez Ramon Olamilekan Azeez (born 12 December 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, starting at Almería B. In La Liga, he appeared for the first team of t ...

, footballer * December 22 -

Mohamed Bachar Mohamed Bachar is a Niger international football player. He made his debut versus Gabon in June 2012. He also participated in the CAF Under 17 Championship in 2009. References External links * 1992 births Living people Nigerien f ...

, footballer * December 24 - Michel Babatunde footballer * December 27 - Femi Balogun, footballer

Deaths

* Major-general Abdul Rahman Mamudu, military Governor of

Gongola State Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State; it existed until 27 Augus ...

(born

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

)

References

Years of the 20th century in Nigeria {{Africa-year-stub