In this paper we consider the k-plane Nikodym maximal estimates in the variable Lebesgue spaces Lp(-) (R-n). We first formulate the problem about the boundedness of the k-plane Nikodym maximal and show that the maximal estimate in L-p(R-n) is equivalent to that in Lp(-) (R-n) for p(.) is an element of LHo boolean AND N-infinity. So, the optimal Nikodym maximal estimate in Lp(-) (R-2) follows from Cordoba's estimate.