Federal government edit

• 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 edit

• 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)

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