COVID-19, #EndSARS protest, Kankara saga… Top 20 photographs of 2020
In less than 24 hours, 2020 will draw its curtains on the world. From COVID-19 which resulted in economies shutting down across different countries, to the #EndSARS protest/riots that went on to become a global phenomenon, it’s been a year filled with challenges, grief, excitement and hope.
How about the US election which was marked by controversies? And then just as 2020 prepared to come to a close, Nigeria was the global talking point again, when over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, were abducted by bandits. What a year it has been!
From practising social distancing, wearing of face masks, temperature checks at airports to burial of loved ones, among other matters, TheCable shares 20 photos that aptly capture 2020.
February 27, 2020: A thermographic camera checks the temperature of a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
March 13, 2020: Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, visits Sanusi L. Sanusi, dethroned emir of Kano, in Awe, Nasarawa state. Photo: Nuhu John
April 1, 2020: Computer village, the tech hub of Lagos, closed due to COVID-19. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
April 18, 2020: The remains of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, arrive in Abuja for burial. Kyari died from COVID-19. Photo: Sunday Aghaeze/State House
April 22, 2020: Health officials taking oral sample from a man at Ifako/Ijaiye COVID-19 testing centre, Lagos. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
July 23, 2020: For the first time since Nigeria confirmed its index COVID-19 case on February 27, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari was pictured in a face mask as he arrived Mali on a one-day visit. Photo: Bayo Omoboriowo/State House
July 24, 2020: Tolulope Arotile, the first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), is laid to rest in Abuja. Arotile died on July 14 of head injuries sustained from a freak accident which occurred at the NAF base in Kaduna. Photo: NAF
August 19, 2020: Students observe social distancing in Lagos as they sit for WASSCE. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
August 20, 2020: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator and Democratic candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris celebrate outside the Chase Center after Biden accepted the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
September 5, 2020: Passengers at the MMIA departure lounge in Lagos after international flights resumed — the airspace had been closed for five months due to COVID-19. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
September 21, 2020: Residents celebrate with Godwin Obaseki, Edo governor, after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the 2020 gubernatorial election. Photo: Edo State House
September 24, 2020: A building destroyed by gas explosion in Lagos. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
October 1, 2020: Former President Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Patience, join President Buhari during Nigeria’s independence day celebration in Abuja. Photo: Bayo Omoboriowo/State House
October 12, 2020: Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, addressing #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate. Photo: Lagos State House
October 17, 2020: Some Nigerians living in the United Kingdom also joined the #EndSARS protest. Photo: Vincent Obia
October 19, 2020: A person with disability holds the Nigerian flag as she joins protesters to demand an end to police brutality in Lagos. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
October 24: Ticket booths destroyed at the Lekki tollgate during the violence that rocked Lagos after the #EndSARS protest. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
October 27, 2020: Obafemi Awolowo’s glasses stolen from his statue. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
November 29, 2020: Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, attended the burial of farmers killed by members of the Boko Haram sect in Zabamari, Jere local government area of the state. Photo: Borno State House
December 18, 2020: A Kankara schoolboy salutes as the national anthem is being sung. A total of 334 students who were kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, met with President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly after they were released from captivity. Photo: Ibrahim Mansur/TheCable
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