List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019

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List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019[edit | edit source]

1.Nnamdi Azikiwe Year: 1960-1963 (Governor-General, then President) Second in Command: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

2. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - Year: 1966 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Military Rule) [1]


3.General Yakubu Gowon - Year: 1966-1975 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Major General Joseph Edet Akinrinade (Initially), then General Olusegun Obasanjo (After a coup in 1975)

4.General Murtala Ramat Mohammed - Year: 1975-1976 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo

5.Major General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1976-1979 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

6.Alhaji Shehu Shagari - Year: 1979-1983 (President) - Second in Command: Dr. Alex Ekwueme

7.Major General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 1983-1985 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Tunde Idiagbon[2]


8.General Ibrahim Babangida - Year: 1985-1993 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Rear Admiral Augustus Aikhomu

9.Ernest Shonekan - Year: 1993 (Interim President) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Rule by the Military)

10.General Sani Abacha - Year: 1993-1998 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya

11.General Abdulsalami Abubakar - Year: 1998-1999 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Olagunsoye Oyinlola

12.General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1999-2007 (President) - Second in Command: Atiku Abubakar

13.Umaru Musa Yar'Adua - Year: 2007-2010 (President) - Second in Command: Goodluck Jonathan

14.Goodluck Jonathan - Year: 2010-2015 (President) - Second in Command: Namadi Sambo

15.General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 2015-2023 Vice-president: Professor Yemi Osinbajo [3]


16.Bola Ahmad Tinubu - Year: 2023- till date Vice-president: Kasheem Shettima[4]

  1. ↑ Author's Name (if available) (Publication Date (if available)). "Title of the Article". The Cable. Retrieved 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ Author's Name (if available) (Publication Date (if available)). [Archive URL (if applicable) "Title of the Webpage"]. Website Name. Archived from the original on Archive Date (if applicable). Retrieved Access Date. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check |archive-url= value (help); Check date values in: |access-date=, |date=, and |archive-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Author's Name (if available) (Publication Date (if available)). "A Comparison of Buhari's Military Regime and His Civilian Regime". Academia.edu. Retrieved 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Author's Name (if available) (Publication Date (if available)). "Title of the Article". CNN. Retrieved 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
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