2010 in Nigeria
# 2010 in Nigeria

Events in the year 2010 in Nigeria.

## Incumbents

### Federal government

* President: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (until 5 May), Goodluck Jonathan (starting 5 May)
* Vice President:
   * Until 5 May: Goodluck Jonathan
   * 5 May – 19 May: vacant
   * Starting 19 May: Namadi Sambo
* Senate President: David Mark
* House Speaker: Dimeji Bankole
* Chief Justice: Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu

### Governors

* Abia State: Theodore Orji (PDP)
* Adamawa State: Murtala Nyako (PDP)
* Akwa Ibom State: Godswill Akpabio (PDP)
* Anambra State: Peter Obi (APGA)
* Bauchi State: Isa Yuguda (ANPP)
* Bayelsa State: Timipre Sylva (PDP)
* Benue State: Gabriel Suswam (PDP)
* Borno State: Ali Modu Sheriff (ANPP)
* Cross River State: Liyel Imoke (PDP)
* Delta State: Emmanuel Uduaghan (PDP)
* Ebonyi State: Martin Elechi (PDP)
* Edo State: Adams Aliyu Oshiomole (AC)
* Ekiti State: Kayode Fayemi (AC)
* Enugu State: Sullivan Chime (PDP)
* Gombe State: Mohammed Danjuma Goje (PDP)
* Imo State: Ikedi Ohakim (PDP)
* Jigawa State: Sule Lamido (PDP)
* Kaduna State: Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (PDP)
* Kano State: Ibrahim Shekarau (ANPP)
* Katsina State: Ibrahim Shema (PDP)
* Kebbi State: Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari (PDP)
* Kogi State: Ibrahim Idris (PDP)
* Kwara State: Bukola Saraki (AC)
* Lagos State: Babatunde Fashola (AC)
* Nasarawa State: Aliyu Doma (PDP)
* Niger State: Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (PDP)
* Ogun State: Gbenga Daniel (PDP)
* Ondo State: Olusegun Mimiko (LP)
* Osun State: Rauf Aregbesola (AC)
* Oyo State: Christopher Alao-Akala (PDP)
* Plateau State: Jonah David Jang (PDP)
* Rivers State: Chibuike Amaechi (PDP)
* Sokoto State: Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (PDP)
* Taraba State: Danbaba Suntai (PDP)
* Yobe State: Ibrahim Gaidam (ANPP)
* Zamfara State: Mahmud Shinkafi (PDP)

## Events

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