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See also:	Other events of 2017 Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 2017 in Nigeria.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
• Vice President: Yemi Osinbajo (APC)
• Senate President: Bukola Saraki (APC)
• House Speaker: Yakubu Dogara (APC)
• Chief Justice: Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (Starting 7 March)

Governors

• Abia State: Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
• Adamawa State: Bindo Jibrilla (APC)
• Akwa Ibom State: Udom Emmanuel (PDP)
• Anambra State: Willie Obiano (APGA)
• Bauchi State: M. A. Abubakar (APC)
• Bayelsa State: Henry Dickson (PDP)
• Benue State: Samuel Ortom (APC)
• Borno State: Kashim Shettima (APC)
• Cross River State: Ben Ayade (PDP)
• Delta State: Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
• Ebonyi State: Dave Umahi (PDP)
• Edo State: Godwin Obaseki (PDP)
• Ekiti State: Ayo Fayose (PDP)
• Enugu State: Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (PDP)
• Gombe State: Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)
• Imo State: Rochas Okorocha (APC)
• Jigawa State: Badaru Abubakar (APC)
• Kaduna State: Nasir el-Rufai (APC)
• Kano State: Umar Ganduje (APC)
• Katsina State: Aminu Masari (APC)
• Kebbi State: Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (APC)
• Kogi State: Yahaya Bello (APC)
• Kwara State: Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC)
• Lagos State: Akinwumi Ambode (APC)
• Nasarawa State: Umaru Al-Makura (APC)
• Niger State: Abubakar Sani Bello (APC)
• Ogun State: Ibikunle Amosun (APC)
• Ondo State: Olusegun Mimiko (LP) (until 24 February); Rotimi Akeredolu (APC) (starting 24 February)
• Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (APC)
• Oyo State: Abiola Ajimobi (APC)
• Plateau State: Simon Lalong (APC)
• Rivers State: Ezenwo Nyesom Wike (PDP)
• Sokoto State: Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
• Taraba State: Darius Ishaku (PDP)
• Yobe State: Ibrahim Geida (APC)
• Zamfara State: Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar (APC)

Events

• 13 January – Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of Rivers State signs ₦470 billion budget into law.^[1]
• 17 January – Rann bombing, resulting in 115 deaths according to official sources.

Deaths

• 8 January – Abdulkadir Kure, politician (b. 1956)^[2]
• 16 January – William Onyeabor, singer-songwriter (b. 1946)^[3]
• 28 January – Mohammed Bello Abubakar, Muslim preacher and polygamist (b. 1924)^[4]
• 26 April – Babalola Borishade, politician (b. 1946)
• 4 June – Babatunde Osotimehin, physician and politician (b. 1949)
• 21 June – Kelechi Emeteole, footballer (b. 1951)
• 11 August – Segun Bucknor, musician and journalist (b. 1946)