Who Runs Naija/
Nigeria’s government, mapped and sourced.

2027 General Election

INEC

Presidential & National Assembly

107 days10 hrs3 min

Sat, 16 Jan 2027 · polls open 8:30 a.m. WAT · President, 109 senators and 360 representatives

Then Governorship & State Houses of Assembly: Sat, 6 Feb 2027

INEC revised timetable, 27 Feb 2026 ↗Your election guide →

Who represents me?

Your governor, senators, members of the House of Representatives and state assembly.

Federal character

37 of 37 states and the FCT have a minister in the cabinet of 48. See where each one comes from.

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Who Runs Naija: Nigeria’s government, mapped and sourced

Government in the news

Abia Governor Alex Otti has urged Igbo traders to shift from conventional trading to manufacturing and digital commerce to compete with Chinese businesses.1 The Joseph Ogogo Foundation has donated school bags, sandals, and writing materials to seven schools in Obanliku LGA of Cross River State to support pupils2 The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, has honoured 39 officers for their distinguished service, describing the policing job as stressful.3 The Benue State Government is considering the formal recognition of public relations as a career structure in the state public service, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Tersoo Kula, has said.4

Appointments & exits

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Every appointment, reappointment and exit we can source, read from State House releases, the National Assembly and agency notices, with a link to each.

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Acting6not yet substantive
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  1. AppointedSep 30 ↗

    Honourable Minister of State

    Outgoing
    Mahmoud Mairiga
    Incoming
    Mariya Mahmoud

By the numbers

What the Federal Government of Nigeria is made of, as mapped here.

By type

  • corporation13
  • department151
  • commission14
  • elected5
  • court6
  • advisory5

By branch

  • legislative4
  • executive168
  • judicial8
  • independent14
Where the 2026 budget goes →

194 organizations in total, 129 of them sub-agencies.

Who Runs Naija is an independent Nigerian civic project. It maps the country’s institutions, the offices inside them, and the constitutional and statutory links between them, and every entity links to its legal basis.Inspired by CivLab’s US Gov Graph, and built for Nigeria. Map of Nigeria: geoBoundaries (GRID3, 2022), CC BY 4.0.
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