A brief History of our beloved Country past Leaders and their contribution.
1. Nigeria had only one president since 1914 till 1960 which mark 46 years before independent, and that president was Queen of England was the president of a Nation Nigeria under it's colonial master British. After Independence in 1960, an indigenous presidents assume charge of controlling the affair of the country.
List of indigenous Presidents of Nigeria since independence till date.
1. Sir Abubaka Tafawa Balewa.
He was the very first prime minister of Nigeria and was 48 years old. He became the prime minister in 1960 and was killed 6 years after during a coup de tat. He became prime minister via a political coalition between the National Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons and the NPC. The former party was led by Late Nnamdi Azikiwe. Tafawa Balewa was a teacher and he entered into government in 1952. He later served as the minister of transport during the colonial era.
2. Gen. Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was the first military President of Nigeria, from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup on July 29, 1966. Major Gen. J.T A, was born in 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State, and was 42 years of age.
3. General Yakubu Gowon. He took power after one military coup d’etat and was overthrown in another. He remains the youngest person to have ruled the country. His government fought to keep Nigeria one during the civil war(1967-1970), which broke out in the aftermath of the regional tensions arising from the January and July 1966 coups d’etat. And was born 19 October 1934 in plateau state, He was 32 years old.
4. Gen mortal Mohammed.
A hausa, trained at the British military academy at sandhurst, murtala muhammed had command of federal field forces in the had played a prominent role in rallying northern offices behind the july 1996 coup that fell ironsi. Murtala Muhammed was however killed on February 13,1976 in an abortive coup attempt when his car was ambushed in traffic in lagos. Was born in Kano city, and was 37 years old.
5. General Olusegun Obasanjo.
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