Abdulsalami Abubakar is a retired Nigerian Army General who was born June 13, 1942. Abdusalami Abubakar was Military Head of State from 9 June 1998 until 29 May 1999. He succeeded Sani Abacha upon Abacha's death. It was during Abubakar's leadership that Nigeria adopted a modified version of

Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was the 9th President of the federal Republic of Nigeria. He was born on the 9th of May 1936 in Lagos, Nigeria. Ernest Shonekan was a British-trained Nigerian lawyer, industrialist, politician and traditional chieftain who was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by General Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR was born 17 August 1941. He is a retired Nigerian Army General who was President of Nigeria from 27 August 1985 to 26 August 1993. He previously served as the chief of army staff from January 1984 to August 1985. Babangida was a key player in

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR was born on February 25, 1925 served as the first and only President of Nigeria's Second Republic from 1979 to 1983, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo's military government. Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as

Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, Ph.D. was born on the 5th of May 1937 in Ogun state, Nigeria. Obasanjo is a retired Nigerian Army general who served as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. As a military general, Obasanjo served twice as Nigeria’s head

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON, is the former President of Nigeria (2010-2015). Prior to that, he served as Vice-President of the country from 2007 to 2010 and as Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007. He rose to the top in Nigerian politics despite being born into