list of regions or states that has produce Nigeria No.1
Leader/head of state/ President.

while other State has not smell the No.3 or No.4 Senate or Rep leader. some state has produce Nigeria leader multiple times.

well, here are the list for your enlightenment and educational purpose.

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Igbo Region - today Enugu State.

Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996)

1st President of Nigeria,

In office 1 October 1963 – 16 January 1966

Azikiwe was born on 16 November 1904, in
Zungeru , Northern Nigeria. His parents were
Igbo ; his father Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka
Azikiwe (1879–1958), a clerk in the
British Administration of Nigeria and his
mother was Rachel Ogbenyeanu Azikiwe.

Igbo region today abia.


Major-General Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi (1924–1966)


2nd Head of State of Nigeria
In office 16 January 1966 – 19 July 1966


Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe
Aguiyi-Ironsi (3 March 1924 - 29 July
1966) was a Nigerian soldier . He seized
power in the chaos that ensued the first
military coup in Nigeria and served as the
Head of State of Nigeria from 16 January
1966 until he was overthrown and killed on
29 July 1966 by a group of Northern army
officers who revolted against his perceived
tribalistic government.


Early life


Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was born
to Mazi Ezeugo Aguiyi's on 3 March 1924,
in Umuahia-Ibeku, present-day Abia State,
Nigeria. When he was eight years old, Ironsi
moved in with his older sister Anyamma,
who was married to Theophilius Johnson, a
Sierra Leonean diplomat in Umuahia. Ironsi
subsequently took the last name of his
brother-in-law, who became his father
figure. At the age of 18, Ironsi joined the
Nigerian Army against the wishes of his
sister.

North - middle belt and today Plateau State.


General Yakubu Gowon (1934– )


3rd Head of State of Nigeria


In office 1 August 1966 – 29 July 1975


General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon
(born 19 October 1934) was the head of
state (Head of the Federal Military
Government) of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.
He took power after one military coup
d'état and was overthrown in another.
During his rule, the Nigerian government
successfully prevented Biafran secession
during the 1967–70 Nigerian Civil War.


Early life


Gowon is an Ngas (Angas) from Lur, a
small village in the present Kanke Local
Government Area of Plateau State. His
parents, Nde Yohanna and Matwok
Kurnyang, left for Wusasa , Zaria as Church
Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries in
the early days of Gowon's life. His father
took pride in the fact that he married the
same day as the future Queen Mother
Elizabeth married the future King George
VI. Gowon was the fifth of eleven children.
He grew up in Zaria and had his early life
and education there. At school Gowon
proved to be a very good athlete: he was
the school football goalkeeper, pole vaulter,
and long distance runner. He broke the
school mile record in his first year. He was
also the boxing captain.

North - Kano
General Murtala Mohammed (1938–1976)

4th Head of State of Nigeria

In office July 30, 1975 – February 13, 1976
General Murtala Ramat Muhammed (November 8, 1938–February 13, 1976) was a military ruler (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1975 until his assassination in 1976.

Role during 1960s coups

Muhammed opposed the regime of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi which took power after a coup d'etat on January 15, 1966. Aguiyi-Ironsi, as GOC of the Nigerian Army, brought normality back to the nation by imprisoning the coup makers and intimidating the federal cabinet into handing over the helms of government to him. However, Many northerners saw this and the reluctance of Ironsi to prosecute the coupist and the fact that the army was purportedly giving exceptional privileges to the coupist as an indication of Ironsi's support for the killings. Consequently northern politicians and civil servants mounted pressure upon northern officers such as Muhammed to avenge the coup. In the night of July 29, 1966, northern soldiers at Abeokuta barracks mutinied, thus precipitating a counter-coup, which may very well have been in the planning stages. The counter-coup led to the installation of Lieutenant-Colonel Yakubu Gowon as Supreme Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces, despite the intransigence of Muhammed who wanted the role of Supreme Commander for himself. However, as Gowon was militarily his senior, and finding a lack of support from the British and American advisors, he caved in. Gowon rewarded him by confirming his ranking (he had been an acting Lt. Colonel till then) and his appointment (Inspector of Signals).

South West- Ogun


5th Head of state


Major- General Olusegun Obasanjo (1937–)

North - Sokoto

Shehu Shagari (1925–)


6th President of Nigeria


In office October 1, 1979 – December 31, 1983


Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Turakin
Sakkwato (born February 25, 1925 [1] )
served as the President of Nigeria’s Second
Republic (1979–1983), after the handover
of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo 's
military government.
Shagari is a northerner of Fulani extraction
and holds the aristocratic title of Turakin
Sakkwato in the Sokoto Caliphate . He
worked as a teacher for a brief period
before entering politics in 1954 upon his
election to the federal House of
Representatives.


Early life


Shehu Usman Shagari was born in Shagari
village to the family of Magaji Aliyu and
Mariamu in 1925. [2] His name, Usman,
means " Companion ". [3] He was raised in a
polygamous family, and was the sixth child
born into the family. Prior to becoming
Magajin Shagari, Aliyu, Shehu's father was a
farmer, trader and herder. However, due to
traditional rites that prevented rulers from
participating in business, Aliyu relinquished
some of his trading interest when he
became the Magaji, or village head, of
Shagari village. [2] Aliyu died five years
after Shehu's birth, and Shehu's elder
brother, Bello, briefly took on his father's
mantle as Magajin Shagari.
The village of Shagari was founded by
Fulani Jihadist [citation needed ] and
cattlemen and later dominated by Hausa
traders. Like many Jihadist founded towns,
religious recitals were important for
children growing up [citation needed ].
Shagari was taught recitals at home and
later went to a Quranic school at the age
of four. However, he was obliged to attend
elementary school at Yabo, a town close
by. After, he went to the Sokoto Middle
School and later to Kaduna college.

North - katstina State

Major- General Muhammadu Buhari (1942–)


7th Head of State of Nigeria


In office 31 December 1983 – 27 August 1985


Early life


Muhammadu Buhari was born on 17
December 1942, in Daura , Katsina State, to
his father Adamu and mother Zulaihat. He
is the twenty-third child of his father.
Buhari was raised by his mother, after his
father died when he was about four years
old. [10]
He attended primary school in Daura and
Mai'adua before proceeding to Katsina
Model School in 1953, and Katsina
Provincial Secondary School (now
Government College Katsina) from 1956 to
1961. He then joined the Nigerian Military
Training School in Kaduna, where his
military career began.
Military career
Buhari joined the Nigerian Army in 1961,
when he attended the Nigerian Military
Training College (in February 1964, it was
renamed the Nigerian Defence Academy) in
Kaduna . From 1962 to 1963, he underwent
officer cadets training at Mons Officer
Cadet School in Aldershot in England .
In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned
as second lieutenant, and appointed
Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry
Battalion in Abeokuta , Nigeria. From
November 1963 to January 1964, Buhari
attended the Platoon Commanders’ Course
at the Nigerian Military Training College,
Kaduna . In 1964, he facilitated his military
training by attending the Mechanical
Transport Officer’s Course at the Army
Mechanical Transport School in Borden,
United Kingdom .
From 1965 to 1967, Buhari served as
Commander of the Second Infantry
Battalion. He was appointed Brigade Major ,
Second Sector, First Infantry Division, April
1967 to July 1967.
Buhari was made Brigade Major of the
Third Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to
October 1968 and Brigade Major/
Commandant, Thirty-first Infantry Brigade,
1970 to 1971.
Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-
General, First Infantry Division
Headquarters, from 1971 to 1972. He also
attended the Defence Services Staff College ,
Wellington, India, in 1973.
From 1974 to 1975 Buhari was Acting
Director of Transport and Supply at the
Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and
Transport Headquarters. [11]
He was also Military Secretary at the Army
Headquarters from 1978 to 1979 and was
a member of the Supreme Military Council
from 1978 to 1979.

From 1979 to 1980, at the rank of colonel,
Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US
Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
in the United States , and gained a Masters
Degree in Strategic Studies.[12][13] Upon
completion of the on-campus full-time
resident program lasting ten months and
the two-year-long, distance learning
program, the United States Army War
College (USAWC) college awards its
graduate officers a master's degree in
Strategic Studies.

North - Minna , Niger State.
General Ibrahim Babangida (1941–)

8th Head of State / President of Nigeria

In office 27 August 1985 – 27 August 1993
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (born 17 August 1941), also known as IBB, is a retired Nigerian Army officer who was a military ruler of Nigeria. He ruled Nigeria from 27 August 1985, when he overthrew Major General Muhammadu Buhari in a coup , until his departure from office on 27 August 1993, having annulled the elections held on June 12 that year. General Babangida was a key player in most of the military coups in Nigeria (July 1966, February 1976, December 1983, August 1985, December 1985 and April 1990). There is evidence of severe human rights abuses during his regime. [2] Marriage, family and personal life Ibrahim Babangida was born in 1941, Minna , Niger State. His parents are Muhammad and Aisha Babangida. He is from the Gwari ethnic group. [3] On 6 September 1969, he married Maryam (née King) Babangida (First Lady of Nigeria 1985-93). They had four children together: Muhammadu, Aminu, Aishatu, and Halimatu. [3] Maryam Babangida died from complications of ovarian cancer on 27 December 2009. Early military career Babangida joined the Nigerian Army on 10 December 1962, when he attended the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna. He went on to further his study at the Royal Armoured Corps from January 1966 until April 1966. From August 1972 to June 1973, he took the Advanced Armoured Officers' course at Armored school. He attended the Senior officers' course, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, from January 1977 until July 1977 and the Senior International Defence Management Course, Naval Postgraduate school, U.S., in 1980. He was heavily involved in quelling the Nigerian coup of 1976, when he was to ‘liberate’ a radio station from one of the coup plotters, Col Buka Suka Dimka (a close friend of his), to prevent him making further announcements over the air waves. Although he did prevent further broadcasts, Col Dimka managed to escape.

South West - Lagos
Ernest Shonekan (1936–)

9th President of Nigeria
In office 26 August 1993 – 17 November 1993

Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (born 9 May 1936 in Lagos , south-west Nigeria) is a British-trained Nigerian lawyer, industrialist, politician and traditional chieftain. He was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned under pressure to cede control to a democratic government. Shonekan's transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha forcefully dismantled the remaining democratic institutions and brought the government back under military control on 17 November 1993. Prior to his political career, Shonekan was the chief executive of the United African Company of Nigeria PLC (UAC), a large Nigerian conglomerate.
Early life
Shonekan was born and raised in Lagos, the former Nigerian capital (now Abuja). The son of an Abeokuta-born civil servant, he was one of six children born into the family. Shonekan was educated at C.M.S grammar school and Igbobi College, Lagos. He also attended and received a law degree from the University of London and was later called to the bar.

North - Kano
General Sani Abacha (1943–1998)

10th Head of State of Nigeria

In office 17 November 1993 – 8 June 1998

Sani Abacha (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian Army general and politician who served as the de facto President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998. [1] Abacha's regime is controversial: although it saw dramatic economic growth, it also witnessed widespread human rights abuses.

Early life

A Kanuri from Borno by tribe, Abacha was born and brought up in Kano, Nigeria. He attended the Nigerian Military Training College and Mons Officer Cadet School before being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in 1963.

North - Minna , Niger State
General Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942–)
11th Head of State of Nigeria

In office 9 June 1998 – 29 May 1999
General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar (rtd.) ( pronunction ahb-doo-sah- LAM -ee ah-boo- BAH-kahr [ needs IPA ] born 13 June 1942) is a Nigerian general who was President of Nigeria 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 its new constitution on 5 May 1999, which provided for multiparty elections. Abubakar transferred power to president-elect Olusegun Obasanjo on 29 May 1999.

Early life and military career

Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar hails from the Hausa ethnic group and was born on 13 June 1942 in Minna , Niger State. He was educated at Native Authority Primary School in that city, the Provincial Secondary School in Bida , and finally the Technical Institute , Kaduna. [1] After this, he joined the military . Abubakar led Nigeria's contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and eventually rose to the role of Chief of Defence Staff .[1] His wife's name is Fati and they have six children. [2]

Presidency

Nigeria had been ruled by military leaders since Muhammadu Buhari seized power from Shehu Shagari in a 1983 coup. [3] Although democratic elections had been held in 1993, they were annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida. Reported to have had an initial reluctance to accepting the position, [2] Abubakar was sworn in as president on 9 June 1998 after the unexpected death of Abacha. He declared a weeklong period of national mourning. [1] A few days after assuming office, Abubakar promised to hold elections within a year and transfer power to an elected president. [3] He established the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), appointing former Supreme Court Justice Ephraim Akpata as chairman. [4] The INEC held a series of elections first for Local Government Areas in December 1998, then for State Assemblies and Governors, National Assemblies and finally for the President on 27 February 1999. Although efforts were made to ensure that the elections were free and fair, there were widespread irregularities that drew criticism from foreign observers. [5] Surprising some critics of the country's military, [2] Abubakar kept his word and transferred power to elected president Obasanjo on 29 May 1999. It was during his leadership that Nigeria adopted its new constitution on 5 May 1999, which went into effect when Obasanjo became president. [3]

south west - Ogun


Olusegun Obasanjo (1937–)


12 President of Nigeria


In office 29 May 1999 – 2003

south west - Ogun


Olusegun Obasanjo (1937–)


13 President of Nigeria


In office 29 May 2003– 2007


Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo,
GCFR[3] ( /oʊ ˈ b ɑːsən dʒoʊ/ ; Yoruba:
Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ [olúʃɛ̙́ɡũ ɒ̙básandʒɒ̙́] ;[4]
born circa 5 March 1937) is a former
Nigerian Army general who was President
of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. A Nigerian
of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career
soldier before serving twice as his nation's
head of state, as a military ruler from 13
February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a
democratically elected president from 29
May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

His current home is Abeokuta , the capital
city of Ogun State, where he is a nobleman
as the holder of the chieftaincy titles of the
Balogun of the Owu Lineage and the Ekerin
Balogun of the Egba clan of Yorubaland.

Family and early life


Ọbasanjọ was born in Ogun State;[5] and
grew up in Owu (Abeokuta ). His first name,
Olusegun, means "The Lord is victorious". [6]
The Oloye Obasanjo's first wife, Mrs.
Oluremi (Remi) Obasanjo, is the mother of
his oldest children, the most well-known
being Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, a former
Senator of Ogun State.
In 1987, his second wife/ex-wife Lynda was
ordered out of her car by armed men, but
was fatally shot for failing to move quickly.
[7]
On 23 October 2005 the President lost his
wife, Stella Obasanjo , First Lady of Nigeria
the day after she had an abdominoplasty in
Spain. In 2009 the doctor only known as
'AM' was sentenced to one year in jail for
negligence in Spain and ordered to pay
restitution to her son of about $176,000. [8]
Obasanjo has many children, who live
throughout Nigeria, the United Kingdom
and the United States. [9]
His son, Dare Obasanjo, is a Principal
Program Manager for Microsoft. [

North - Katstina State
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010)

14th President of Nigeria

In office 29 May 2007 – 5 May 2010

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (16 August 1951 – 5 May 2010) [1][2][3] was the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State. He served as governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). In 2009, Yar'Adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for pericarditis . He returned to Nigeria in 2010, where he died on 5 May.

South south - Bayelsa


Goodluck Jonathan (1957–)


15th President of Nigeria


In office 5 May 2010 – 29 May 2015


Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan , GCFR ,
BNER, GCON (born 20 November 1957) [1]
is a Nigerian politician and former
President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He
re-contested and lost the recently
concluded Presidential election, upon which
he conceded defeat in the competitive
election, the first sitting Nigerian president
to do so.[2] Prior to his role as President,
he served as Governor of Bayelsa State
from 2005 to 2007 and as Vice-President
of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010.
Jonathan's term as President of Nigeria
ended on 29 May 2015, he handed over to
President Elect Muhammadu Buhari .

North - Katstina State.

Muhammadu Buhari (1942–)

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