2009 in Nigeria

Events in the year 2009 in Nigeria.

Federal government

 * President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (PDP)
 * Vice President: Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)
 * Senate President: David Mark (PDP)
 * House Speaker: Dimeji Bankole (PDP)
 * Chief Justice: Idris Legbo Kutigi (until 30 December), Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu (starting 30 December)

Governors

 * Abia State: Theodore Orji (PDP)
 * Adamawa State: Murtala Nyako (PDP)
 * Akwa Ibom State: Godswill Akpabio (PDP)
 * Anambra State: Peter Obi (APGA)
 * Bauchi State: Isa Yuguda (ANPP)
 * Bayelsa State: Timipre Sylva (PDP)
 * Benue State: Gabriel Suswam (PDP)
 * Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)
 * Cross River State: Liyel Imoke (PDP)
 * Delta State: Emmanuel Uduaghan (PDP)
 * Ebonyi State: Martin Elechi (PDP)
 * Edo State: Adams Aliyu Oshiomle (AC)
 * Ekiti State: Olusegun Oni (PDP)
 * Enugu State: Sullivan Chime (PDP)
 * Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
 * Imo State: Ikedi Ohakim (PDP)
 * Jigawa State: Sule Lamido (PDP)
 * Kaduna State: Namadi Sambo (PDP)
 * Kano State: Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP)
 * Katsina State: Ibrahim Shema (PDP)
 * Kebbi State: Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari (PDP)
 * Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris (PDP)
 * Kwara State: Bukola Saraki (AC)
 * Lagos State: Babatunde Fashola (AC)
 * Nasarawa State: Aliyu Doma (PDP)
 * Niger State: Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (PDP)
 * Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel (PDP)
 * Ondo State: Olusegun Agagu (PDP)
 * Osun State: Olagunsoye Oyinlola (PDP)
 * Oyo State: Christopher Alao-Akala (PDP)
 * Plateau State: Jonah David Jang (PDP)
 * Rivers State: Chibuike Amaechi (PDP)
 * Sokoto State: Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (PDP)
 * Taraba State: Danbaba Suntai (PDP)
 * Yobe State: Ibrahim Gaidam (ANPP)
 * Zamfara State: Mahmud Shinkafi (PDP)

Events

 * January – Start of an meningitis outbreak in four West African countries, including Nigeria.
 * 5 May – Olusegun Oni, the incumbent Governors of Ekiti State, was announced to have won the gubernatorial by-election.
 * 26 to 29 July – Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, launched an uprising in Bauchi State and expanded across northern Nigeria.
 * 1 October – Establishment of private university Afe Babalola University.
 * October – Bellview Airlines, an international airline based in Lagos State, ceased its operations.
 * 24 October to 15 November – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held on several stadiums across Nigeria.
 * 25 December – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an Islamic extremist, attempted to bomb the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while it was travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit.

Deaths

 * 14 June – Abel Tador, Nigerian professional football player (born 1984)
 * 30 July – Mohammed Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram (born 1970)
 * 20 September – Bayo Ohu, Nigerian journalist (born 1964)