April 4 Today, in Nigeria’s history, Hugo Weaving was born in Ibadan, Naira declined to 1600/1$, Boko Haram killed 7 in market

• English-Australian actor Hugo Weaving, famous for Lord of the Rings, was born at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital 
• Boko Haram insurgents opened fire, killed 7 in a crowded market
• Nigerian soldiers killed eleven Boko Haram militants in Gwoza, Borno
• Nigerian Naira experienced a sharp decline, closing at #1,600 against the US Dollar

History plays a vital role in the day to day activity of humans. Events must be well captured with the right details for generations to pick up lessons and learn from them. When we abandon history, we do not only declare war against knowledge, we also deny younger generations from learning about the past activities.

In the spirit of recollection of historical events, WITHIN NIGERIA has highlighted four notable events that shaped Nigeria on April 4 in an effort to raise awareness for enlightenment and educational purposes.

English-Australian actor Hugo Weaving, famous for Lord of the Rings, was born in Ibadan

Hugo Weaving, the talented English-Australian actor, famous for Lord of the Rings, was born at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, on April 4, 1960.

His parents, Anne Lennard, a tour guide and former teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist, were English expatriates living in Nigeria at the time.

The family left Nigeria for England a year after Hugo’s birth and later moved to Australia in 1976.

He’s best known for iconic roles like Agent Smith in The Matrix trilogy, Elrond in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and V in V for Vendetta.

Boko Haram insurgents opened fire, killed 7 in a crowded market

On this day, April 4 in 2012, suspected Islamists killed seven people in a market in northern restive city of Maiduguri in the latest deadly attacks in the region.

According to reports, there was an attack yesterday afternoon at Monday market.

Some gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram stormed the market around 1330 hours disguised as customers.

Hassan, a trader, said they opened fire on some shops selling insecticides and mosquito nets, killing seven traders.

Nigerian soldiers killed eleven Boko Haram militants in Gwoza, Borno

On this day, April 4 in 2021, at least eleven members of the Boko Haram terrorist group were killed in an operation conducted in northeastern Nigeria by the military.

Many other terrorists were wounded and weapons, motorcycles and ammunition were seized during the operation carried out by the army in the Gwoza local government area of Borno state, according to a military official who asked not to be named due to security reasons.

Boko Haram launched a bloody insurgency in 2009 in northeastern Nigeria but later spread its atrocities to neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a military response.

More than 30,000 people have been killed and nearly 3 million displaced in a decade of Boko Haram’s terrorist activities in Nigeria, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Violence committed by Boko Haram has affected some 26 million people in the Lake Chad region and displaced 2.6 million others, according to the UN Refugee Agency.

Nigerian Naira experienced a sharp decline, closing at #1,600 against the US Dollar

On April 4, 2025, the Nigerian Naira depreciated to N1,600 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) today after three months of being on the N1,500 per dollar threshold.

According to data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose to N1,600 per dollar from N1,569 per dollar on Thursday, indicating N31 depreciation for the naira.