2002 in Nigeria

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Olusegun Obasanjo
• Vice President: Atiku Abubakar
• Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais

  Governors

• Abia State:
• Adamawa State:
• Akwa Ibom State:
• Anambra State:
• Bauchi State:
• Bayelsa State:
• Bendel State:
• Benue State:
• Borno State:
• Cross River State:
• Delta State:
• Eastern Region:
• Ebonyi State:
• Edo State:
• Ekiti State:
• Enugu State:
• Gombe State:
• Gongola State:
• Imo State:
• Jigawa State:
• Kaduna State:
• Kano State:
• Katsina State:
• Kebbi State:
• Kogi State:
• Kwara State:
• Lagos State:
• Nasarawa State:
• Niger State:
• Ogun State:
• Ondo State:
• Osun State:
• Oyo State:
• Plateau State:
• Rivers State: Peter Odili
• Sokoto State:
• Taraba State:
• Western State:
• Yobe State:

  Events

January

• January 27 - Lagos Armoury Explosion

  May

October

• October 10 — The International Court of Justice ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.

  November

• November — Religious riots erupt over the Miss World pageant hosted in Abuja; The pageant is subsequently moved to London.