2000 in Nigeria

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Olusegun Obasanjo
• Vice President: Atiku Abubakar
• Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais

  Governors

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

  Events

January

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

  May

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

  June

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

  October

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