|
Title |
Duration |
Party |
|
|
Governor-General
James Wilson Robertson |
15 Jun 1955 -
16 Nov 1960 |
N/A |
|
|
 Prime
Minister/Commander in-Chief
Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa |
30 Aug 1957 -
15 Jan 1966 |
NPC |
|
|
 President
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
Benjamin
Nnamdi Azikiwe
|
1 Oct 1960 -
1 Oct 1963
1 Oct 1963 -
16 Jan 1966
|
NCNC
NCNC
|
|
|
 Head
of States/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
Major General
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
|
16 Jan 1966 -
29 Jul 1966 |
Military
|
|
|
 Head
of States/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
General Yakubu
Gowon |
1 Aug 1966 -
29 Jul 1975 |
Military
|
|
|
 Head
of States/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
General
Murtala Ramat Mohammed |
29 Jul 1975 -
13 Feb 1976 |
Military
|
|
|
 Head
of States/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
General
Olusegun Obasanjo
|
14 Feb 1976 -
1 Oct 1979 |
Military
|
|
|
 President/Commander
in-Chief
Alhaji Shehu Shagari
|
1 Oct 1979 -
31 Dec 1983
|
NPN
|
|
|
 Head
of State/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
General Muhammadu Buhari
|
31 Dec 1983 -
27 Aug 1985 |
Military
|
|
|
 Head
of State/Chairman of the Armed Forces
Ruling Council
General Ibrahim Babangida
President/Chairman of the National
Defence and Security Council
General Ibrahim Babangida
|
27 Aug 1985 -
4 Jan 1993
4 Jan 1993 -
26 Aug 1993
|
Military
Military
|
|
|
 Head
of the Interim National Government
Chief Ernest Shonekan
|
26 Aug 1993 -
17 Nov 1993
|
N/A
|
|
|
 Presidents/Chairmen
of the Provisional Ruling Council
General Sani Abacha
|
17 Nov 1993 -
8 Jun 1998
|
Military
|
|
|
 Presidents/Chairmen
of the Provisional Ruling Council
General
Abdulsalam Abubakar
|
9 Jun 1998 -
29 May 1999
|
Military
|
|
|
 President/Commander
in-Chief
Olusegun
Obasanjo |
29 May 1999 -
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
PDP |
