The following is a list of events in 1977 in Nigeria.
Incumbents Head of State: Olusegun Obasanjo Deputy Head of State: Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Commissioner of Defence: Olusegun Obasanjo Chief of Army Staff: Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma Chief Justice: Darnley Arthur Alexander
Events 15 January–12 February – FESTAC 77 held in Lagos. 18 February – Kalakuta Republic, a communal compound founded by political activist Fela Kuti is destroyed by armed soldiers. August – West African Games held in Lagos. Nigerian Academy of Science is established.
Births 16 October – Lucy Ejike, Paralympic powerlifter 15 September – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author
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