NIGERIA Presidents Nnamdi Azikiwe 1904-1996 President 1963-66 Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi 1924-1966 President 1966 Yakubu Gowon 1934 President 1966-75 Murtala R. Muhammad 1937-1976 President 1975-76 Olusegun Obasanjo 1937 President 1976-79 Alhaji Shehu Shagari 1954 President 1979-83 Mohammed Buhari 1942 President 1984-85 Ibrahim Babangida 1941 President 1985-93 Ernest Shonekan 1938 President 1993 Sani Abacha 1943-1998 President 1993-98 Abdulsalam Abubakar 1943 President 1998-99 Olusegun Obasanjo 1937 President 1999-2007 Umaru Yar'Adua 1951-2010 President 2007-10 Goodluck Jonathan 1957 President 2010-