2019 in Nigeria
The following lists and talks about events that happened in 2019 in Nigeria.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Muhammadu Buhari
- [Vice President of Nigeria|President of Nigeria|Vice President]: Yemi Osinbajo
- Senate President: Bukola Saraki ; Ahmed Lawan
- House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara ; Femi Gbajabiamila
- Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen ; Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad
Governors
- Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu
- Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla ; Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
- Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel
- Anambra State: Willie Obiano
- Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar ; Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed
- Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson
- Benue State: Samuel Ortom
- Borno State: Kashim Shettima ; Babagana Umara Zulum
- Cross River State: Ben Ayade
- Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa
- Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi
- Edo State: Godwin Obaseki
- Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi
- Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
- Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo ; Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
- Imo State: Rochas Okorocha ; Emeka Ihedioha
- Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar
- Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai
- Kano State: Umar Ganduje
- Katsina State: Aminu Masari
- Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
- Kogi State: Yahaya Bello
- Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed ; Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman
- Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode ; Babajide Sanwo-Olu
- Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura ; Abdullahi Sule
- Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello
- Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun ; Dapo Abiodun
- Ondo State: Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu
- Osun State: Gboyega Oyetola
- Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi Seyi Makinde
- Plateau State: Simon Lalong
- Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike
- Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal
- Taraba State: Darius Ishaku
- Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida Mai Mala Buni
- Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar Bello Matawalle
Events
February
- 10-11: 2019 Kaduna State massacre.
- 2019 Nigerian general election was on 16 February 2019 to elect the President and the National Assembly. They were the sixth quadrennial elections since the end of military rule in 1999. Presidential primaries are likely to be held during the last six months of 2018.
- The elections was delayed by one week.
- 2019 Nigerian general election: General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February, but the Electoral Commission postponed the vote by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day, citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time. In some places, the vote was delayed until 24 February due to electoral violence. Polling in some areas was subsequently delayed until 9 March, when voting was carried out alongside gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
May
President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated.September
September 30 — Police rescued women in Lagos who were forced to sell babies.December
- December 13 - Action Against Hunger says four of six aid workers held by ISIL in the Islamic State's Central Africa Province since July have been killed.
- December 18 − Citizens express alarm over new social media bill.
- December 27 – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-linked propaganda arm Amaq releases a video showing the execution of 11 Christians.