Lists of Nigerian state governors
# Lists of Nigerian state governors

Lists of Nigerian state governors cover the governors of states of Nigeria. The governor heads the executive branch of the state government, and can appoint people to the State Executive Council subject to the advice and consent of the State House of Assembly (Legislature). The lists include a list of current governors, lists by state, lists by period and a list of governors of former states.

## Current governors

* List of state governors of Nigeria

## By state

* List of governors of Abia State
* List of governors of Adamawa State
* List of governors of Akwa Ibom State
* List of governors of Anambra State
* List of governors of Bauchi State
* List of governors of Bayelsa State
* List of governors of Bendel State
* List of governors of Benue State
* List of governors of Borno State
* List of governors of Cross River State
* List of governors of Delta State
* List of governors of Eastern Region, Nigeria
* List of governors of Ebonyi State
* List of governors of Edo State
* List of governors of Ekiti State
* List of governors of Enugu State
* List of governors of Gombe State
* List of governors of Gongola State
* List of governors of Imo State
* List of governors of Jigawa State
* List of governors of Kaduna State
* List of governors of Kano State
* List of governors of Katsina State
* List of governors of Kebbi State
* List of governors of Kogi State
* List of governors of Kwara State
* List of governors of Lagos State
* List of governors of Nasarawa State
* List of governors of Niger State
* List of governors of Ogun State
* List of governors of Ondo State
* List of governors of Osun State
* List of governors of Oyo State
* List of governors of Plateau State
* List of governors of Rivers State
* List of governors of Sokoto State
* List of governors of Taraba State
* List of governors of Western State
* List of governors of Yobe State
* List of governors of Zamfara State

## By period

* List of governors and governors-general of Nigeria (1914–1963, United Kingdom)
* Nigerian region governors and premiers in the First Republic (1960–1966)
* Military Governors in Nigeria during the Yakubu Gowon regime (1967–1975)
* Military Governors in Nigeria during the Murtala Muhammed regime (1975–1976)
* Military Governors in Nigeria during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime (1976–1979)
* State governors in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–83)
* State Governors in the Nigerian Third Republic (1992–1993)
* Nigerian state governors 1999–2003 term
* Nigerian state governors 2003–07 term
* Nigerian state governors 2007–11 term
* Nigerian state governors 2011–15 term

## Other

* List of governors of former Nigerian states
