2000 in Nigeria

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Nigeria.

Federal government

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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 (NDDC) 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.