2010 in Nigeria

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Goodluck Jonathan
• Vice President:
• * until 5 May: Goodluck Jonathan
• * 5 May–19 May: vacant
• * starting 19 May: Namadi Sambo
• Chief Justice: 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 Oshiomole
• Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi
• Enugu State: Sullivan Chime
• Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
• Imo State: Ikedi Ohakim
• Jigawa State: Sule Lamido
• Kaduna State: Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
• 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 Mimiko
• Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola
• 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

• 5 May – President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua dies of Pericarditis, and is succeeded by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.