Federal government edit

• President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
• Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP)
• Senate President: Chuba Okadigbo (PDP) (Until 8 August); Anyim Pius Anyim (PDP) (Starting 8 August)
• House Speaker: Ghali Umar Na'Abba (PDP)
• Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais

Governors edit

• Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu (PDP)
• Adamawa State: Boni Haruna (PDP)
• Akwa Ibom State: Obong Victor Attah (PDP)
• Anambra State: Chinwoke Mbadinuju (PDP)
• Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu (PDP)
• Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha (PDP)
• Benue State: George Akume (PDP)
• Borno State: Mala Kachalla (APP)
• Cross River State: Donald Duke (PDP)
• Delta State: James Ibori (PDP)
• Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu (PDP)
• Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion (PDP)
• Ekiti State: Niyi Adebayo (AD)
• Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP)
• Gombe State: Abubakar Habu Hashidu (APP)
• Imo State: Achike Udenwa (PDP)
• Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (APP)
• Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi (PDP)
• Kano State: Rabiu Kwankwaso (PDP)
• Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua (PDP)
• Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero (APP)
• Kogi State: Abubakar Audu (APP)
• Kwara State: Mohammed Lawal (ANPP)
• Lagos State: Bola Tinubu (AD)
• Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu (PDP)
• Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
• Ogun State: Olusegun Osoba (AD)
• Ondo State: Adebayo Adefarati (AD)
• Osun State: Adebisi Akande (AD)
• Oyo State: Lam Adesina (AD)
• Plateau State: Joshua Dariye (PDP)
• Rivers State: Peter Odili (PDP)
• Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa (APP)
• Taraba State: Jolly Nyame (PDP)
• Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim (APP)
• Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima (ANPP)

January edit

• 27 January - The government of Zamfara, a predominantly Muslim state, institutes Islamic law. Eleven other states in the north soon follow suit.

May edit

• May - Religious riots erupt in Kaduna over the implementation of Islamic law.

June edit

• 5 June - The Obasanjo administration establishes the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to tackle the human and ecological issues in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.

October edit

• 1 October - Nigeria celebrates 40 years of independence from the United Kingdom.

• Timeline of Nigerian history