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.
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