title: 2001 in Nigeria
text: # 2001 in Nigeria
  
  Events in the year 2001 in Nigeria
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
  * Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 17 July – Bowen University established.
  * October – Zaki Biam massacre: The Nigerian army executes hundreds of unarmed TIV civilians in response to the killing of 19 soldiers.
  * 23 December – The Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, is assassinated.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 7 April – Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, athlete
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 23 December – Bola Ige, politician and lawyer (born 1930)
  