2008 in Nigeria

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
• Vice President: Goodluck Jonathan
• Chief Justice: Idris Legbo Kutigi

  Governors

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

  Events

• April 26 - 4th African Movie Academy Awards take place in Abuja.
• May 16 - 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion occurs killing between 10 and 100 people.
• August - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Olympics winning 6 medals.
• September - Nigeria competes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics winning 9 medals.

  Deaths

• April 27 - Abraham Adesanya, politician, lawyer and activist.
• May 24 - Sonny Okosun, musician.