Nigeria competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja.

It was the eighth time that the country had taken part in the games and expectations were high for the competitors as they were playing on home soil.

Godwin Unegbe achieved the highest number of points in the basketball tournament.

[3] In baseball, Jimmy Kolawale led the field in runs and was named best hitter of the games.

[citation needed] In chess, Odion Aikhoje and Bunmi Olape both performed well, achieving medals at the second and third boards respectively.