2018 in Nigeria

Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.

Federal government

 * President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
 * Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
 * Senate President: Bukola Saraki (PDP)
 * House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (PDP)
 * Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen

Governors

 * Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
 * Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC)
 * Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP)
 * Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA)
 * Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC)
 * Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP)
 * Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC)
 * Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC)
 * Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP)
 * Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
 * Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP)
 * Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
 * Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose (PDP) (until 16 October); Kayode Fayemi (APC) (starting 16 October)
 * Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
 * Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)
 * Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC)
 * Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC)
 * Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC)
 * Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC)
 * Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC)
 * Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC)
 * Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC)
 * Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC)
 * Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC)
 * Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC)
 * Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC)
 * Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC)
 * Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (PDP)
 * Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (APC) (until 27 November); Gboyega Oyetola (APC) (starting 27 November)
 * Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC)
 * Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC)
 * Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
 * Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
 * Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP)
 * Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC)
 * Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC)

Events

 * 19 February – Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping
 * 17 September - Over 100 people are killed in floods after two major rivers burst their banks.
 * 13 October - At least 30 people are killed when a pipeline caught fire and explodes in southeast Nigeria after a raid by suspected petrol thieves.

Scheduled

 * Osun State gubernatorial election, 2018

Sports

 * 9 to 25 February – Nigeria participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports

Deaths



 * 2 January – Lawal Kaita, politician (b. 1932).
 * 22 January – Dahiru Musdapher, justice (b. 1942)
 * 27 February – Joseph Bagobiri, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1957)
 * 23 March – Idowu Sofola, jurist (b. 1934).
 * 25 April – Adebayo Adedeji, economist, academic, politician and diplomat (b 1930).
 * 10 June – Ras Kimono, reggae musician (b. 1958).
 * 18 July – A. I. Katsina-Alu, judge (b. 1941).
 * 19 July – Ibrahim Coomassie, police officer (b. 1942).
 * 18 August – Denis Edozie, Supreme Court judge (b. 1935).
 * 28 December – Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria