As the uninterrupted democratic process continued in Nigeria, below is a list of state governors in Nigeria between 2015 to 2019. As usual, the sharing of the 36 states were between the two major political parties: APC and PDP
| State | Governors | Political Platform | Notes |
| Abia | Okezie Ikpeazu | PDP | |
| Anambra | Willie Obiano | APGA | Obiano contested November 2013 governorship election. He took over power from Peter Obi on March 17, 2014 |
| Adamawa | Bindo Jibrilla | APC | Jibrilla assumed office after the internal wrangling within PDP between 2011 to 2015, where PDP produced three members as governors |
| Akwa Ibom | Udom Gabriel Emmanuel | PDP | Udom was the Secretary to the State Government during Godswill Akpabio’s administration |
| Bayelsa | Seriake Dickson | PDP | He was in office from February 14, 2012, to February 14, 2020 |
| Benue | Samuel Ortom | APC | He contested under the platform of APC in 2015 because his party failed to give him a ticket. Before the end of his first term, he ran back to his former party (PDP) |
| Bauchi | Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar | APC | He was in office from 2015 to 2019 but failed to win a second term |
| Borno | Kashim Shettima | APC | Second term |
| Cross River | Benedict Ayade | PDP | First-term |
| Delta | Ifeanyi Okowa | PDP | First-term |
| Ebonyi | Dave Umahi | PDP | First-term |
| Ekiti | Ayo Fayose | PDP | Kayode Fayemi was defeated by a PDP candidate and Fayose assumed office (for his second term) on Oct 16, 2014. Fayose’s term came to an end on Oct 16, 2018 |
| Enugu | Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi | PDP | First-term |
| Edo | Godwin Obaseki | APC | He assumed office in 2016. For his second term, he jumped to PDP |
| Gombe | Ibrahim Dankwambo | PDP | Second term |
| Imo | Rochas Okorocha | APC | Second term |
| Jigawa | Mohammed Badaru Abubakar | APC | First-term |
| Katsina | Aminu Bello Masari | APC | Masari was a member of PDP before defecting CPC, the to APC under which he won the governorship election |
| Kebbi | Abubakar Atiku Bagudu | APC | First-term |
| Kano | Abdullahi Umar Ganduje | APC | First-term |
| Kogi | Idris Wada | PDP | He was in office between January 2012 to January 2016. On January 27, 2016, Yahaya Bello assumed office following the death of Abubakar Audu. The runner-up during party primaries Bello took over |
| Kaduna | Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai | APC | First-term |
| Kwara | Abdulfatah Ahmed | APC | Second-term |
| Lagos | Akinwumi Ambode | APC | First-term. He couldn’t secure second term ticket of his party |
| Nasarawa | Umaru Tanko Al-Makura | APC | Second term |
| Niger | Abubakar Sani Bello | APC | First-term |
| Ondo | Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu | APC | He assumed office on February 24, 2017, for the first term, after the expiration of the tenure of office of Segun Mimiko |
| Osun | Rauf Aregbesola | APC | Aregbesola’s tenure came to an end on November 26, 2018 |
| Ogun | Ibinkunle Amosun | APC | Second term |
| Oyo | Isiaka A Ajimobi | APC | Second term |
| Rivers | Ezenwo Nyesom Wike | PDP | First-term |
| Sokoto | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | APC | First-term |
| Plateau | Simon Lalong | APC | First-term |
| Taraba | Darius Ishaku | PDP | First-term |
| Yobe | Ibrahim Gaidam | APC | Gaidam was in office from January 27, 2009, to May 29, 2019 |
| Zamfara | Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari | APC |
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