2010 in Nigeria

Events in the year 2010 in Nigeria.

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.