2009 in Nigeria
Events in the year 2009 in Nigeria.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- Vice President: Goodluck Jonathan
- Senate President: David Mark
- House Speaker: Dimeji Bankole
- Chief Justice: Idris Legbo Kutigi, Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu
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: Ibrahim Gaidam
- Zamfara State: Mahmud Shinkafi
Events
- January – Start of an meningitis outbreak in four West African countries, including Nigeria.
- 5 May – Olusegun Oni, the incumbent Governors of Ekiti State, was announced to have won the gubernatorial by-election.
- 26 to 29 July – Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, launched an uprising in Bauchi State and expanded across northern Nigeria.
- 1 October – Establishment of private university Afe Babalola University.
- October – Bellview Airlines, an international airline based in Lagos State, ceased its operations.
- 24 October to 15 November – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held on several stadiums across Nigeria.
- 25 December – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an Islamic extremist, attempted to bomb the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 while it was travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Deaths
- 14 June – Abel Tador, Nigerian professional football player
- 30 July – Mohammed Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram
- 20 September – Bayo Ohu, Nigerian journalist