Nigeria History in Pictures

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

• Colonial Flag of Nigeria

• Nnamdi Azikiwe

• Tafawa Balewa

• Stamp of Southern Nigeria, 1901

• Obafemi Awolowo

• Then the khaki boys struck!!!!!!!

• Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (January 16 1966 – July 29 1966)

• General Yakubu “Jack” Gowon (August 1 1966 – July 28 1975)

• General Murtala Muhammed (July 29 1975 – February 13 1976)

• General Olusegun Obasanjo (February 14 1976 – September 30 1979)

• Alhaji Shehu Shagari (October 1 1979 – December 31 1983)

• Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (January 1 1984 – August 26 1985)

• General Ibrahim Babangida (August 27 1985 - August 26 1993)

• Ernest Shonekan (August 27 1993 – November 16 1993)

• General Sani Abacha (November 17 1993 – June 7 1998)

• General Abdulsalam Abubakar (June 8 1998 – May 28 1999)

• Olusegun Obasanjo (May 29 1999 – May 28 2007)

• Umaru Musa Yar’Adua 5/29/07 – 5/5/2010

• Goodluck Ebele Jonathan May 6, 2010 To-date

Name	Ethnicity	Religion
Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	Hausa	Muslim
Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunankwe Aguiyi-Ionsi	Igbo	Christian
General Yakubu Cinwa Gowon	Ngas	Christian
General Murtala Ramat Muhammed	Hausa	Muslim
General Olusegun Matthew Aremu Obasanjo	Yoruba	Christian
Alhaji Shehu Shagari	Fulani	Muslim
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari	Fulani	Muslim
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida	Gwari	Muslim
Chief Ernest Shonekan	Yoruba	Christian
General Sani Abacha	Kanuri	Muslim
General Abdulsalam Abubakar	Gwari	Muslim
General (retired) Olusegun Matthew Aremu Obasanjo	Yoruba	Christian
Umaru Yar’Adua	Fulani	Muslim
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan	Delta	Christian