2005 in Nigeria

Incumbents

Federal government

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

  Governors

• Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu
• Adamawa State: Boni Haruna
• Akwa Ibom State: Victor Attah
• Anambra State: Chris Ngige
• Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu
• Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
• Benue State: George Akume
• Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff
• Cross River State: Donald Duke
• Delta State: James Ibori
• Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu
• Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion
• Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose
• Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani
• Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
• Imo State: Achike Udenwa
• Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki
• Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi
• Kano State: Ibrahim Shekarau
• Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua
• Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero
• Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris
• Kwara State: Bukola Saraki
• Lagos State: Bola Tinubu
• Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu
• Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure
• Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel
• Ondo State: Olusegun Agagu
• Osun State: Olagunsoye Oyinlola
• Oyo State: Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
• Plateau State: Joshua Dariye
• Rivers State: Peter Odili
• Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa
• Taraba State: Jolly Nyame
• Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim
• Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima

  Events

• May 30 - 1st African Movie Academy Awards take place in Yenagoa.
• June 28 - Air Nigeria is established.
• December 10 - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport.

  Deaths

• August 31 - Sam Okoye, football goalkeeper who represented Nigeria during the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship born 1980.