← 2009 2008 2007 2010 in Nigeria → 2011 2012 2013
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See also:	Other events of 2010 Timeline of Nigerian history

Events in the year 2010 in Nigeria.

• 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

• 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)

This article is missing information about the 11 other months. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (September 2020)

• 5 May – President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua dies of Pericarditis, and is succeeded by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.^[1]