Incumbents Federal government President: Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP) Vice President: Atiku Abubakar (PDP) Senate President: Anyim Pius Anyim (PDP) House Speaker: Ghali Umar Na'Abba (PDP) Chief Justice: Muhammad Lawal Uwais
Governors Abia State: Orji Uzor Kalu Adamawa State: Boni Haruna Akwa Ibom State: Victor Attah Anambra State: Chinwoke Mbadinuju Bauchi State: Adamu Mu'azu Bayelsa State: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Benue State: George Akume Borno State: Mala Kachalla Cross River State: Donald Duke Delta State: James Ibori Ebonyi State: Sam Egwu Edo State: Lucky Igbinedion Ekiti State: Niyi Adebayo Enugu State: Chimaroke Nnamani Gombe State: Abubakar Habu Hashidu Imo State: Achike Udenwa Jigawa State: Ibrahim Saminu Turaki Kaduna State: Ahmed Makarfi Kano State: Rabiu Kwankwaso Katsina State: Umaru Yar'Adua Kebbi State: Adamu Aliero Kogi State: Abubakar Audu Kwara State: Mohammed Lawal Lagos State: Bola Tinubu Nasarawa State: Abdullahi Adamu Niger State: Abdulkadir Kure Ogun State: Olusegun Osoba Ondo State: Adebayo Adefarati Osun State: Adebisi Akande Oyo State: Lam Adesina Plateau State: Joshua Dariye Rivers State: Peter Odili Sokoto State: Attahiru Bafarawa Taraba State: Jolly Nyame Yobe State: Bukar Ibrahim Zamfara State: Ahmad Sani Yerima
Events January January 27 — The Lagos Armoury Explosion killed at least 1,100 people and displaced over 20,000.
October October 10 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.
November November — Religious riots erupt over the Miss World pageant hosted in Abuja; The pageant is subsequently moved to London.
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