1977 in Nigeria

The following is a list of events in 1977 in Nigeria.

Incumbents

 * Head of State: Olusegun Obasanjo
 * Deputy Head of State: Shehu Musa Yar'Adua
 * Commissioner of Defence: Olusegun Obasanjo
 * Chief of Army Staff: Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma
 * Chief Justice: Darnley Arthur Alexander

Events

 * 15 January–12 February – FESTAC 77 held in Lagos.
 * 18 February – Kalakuta Republic, a communal compound founded by political activist Fela Kuti is destroyed by armed soldiers.
 * August – West African Games held in Lagos.
 * Nigerian Academy of Science is established.

Births

 * 16 October – Lucy Ejike, Paralympic powerlifter
 * 15 September – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author