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The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. [1] From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1960 was the queen of Nigeria, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor-general.
This is a timeline of Nigerian history, ... Umaru Yar'Adua, Governor of Katsina State, was elected President of Nigeria. 2009: 23 November
The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces .
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari ...
Muhammadu Buhari's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015, and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State, he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, when he was deposed in a military coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida.
Nigerian politics takes place within a framework of a federal and presidential republic and a representative democracy, in which the president holds executive power. [5] Legislative power is held by the federal government and the two chambers of the legislature: the House of Representatives and the Senate .
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), [2] commonly referred to as Zik of Africa, was a Nigerian politician, statesman, and revolutionary leader who served as the 3rd and first black governor-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the first president of Nigeria during the First Nigerian Republic (1963–1966). [3]
President Tinubu on the night of 9 June suspended Godwin Emefiele, the powerful governor of the central bank of Nigeria. [64] Emefiele's suspension was the second ever a head of the apex bank in its history was removed by a Nigerian president. [65] Emefiele was arrested by Nigerian secret police SSS in Lagos attempting to flee the country to ...