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1. SaniAbachawasaNigerianArmygeneralandpoliticianwhoservedasthePresidentofNigeriafrom1993to1998.TheAbachaadministrationbecamethefirsttorecordunprecedentedeconomicachievements:[7]heoversawanincreaseinthecountry'sforeignexchangereservesfrom$494millionin1993to$9.6billionbythemiddleof1997,andreducedtheexternaldebtofNigeriafrom$36billionin1993to$27billionby1997.

2.AbdulsalamiAbubakaraHausaNigeriangeneralwhowasPresidentofNigeriafrom9June1998until29May1999.HesucceededSaniAbachaafterAbacha'sdeath.UnderAbubakar'sleadership,Nigeriaadopteditsnewconstitutionon5May1999,whichprovidedformultipartyelections.Hesuccessfullytransferredcontrolofthecountryfromamilitaryleadershiptoapresidency.3.IbrahimBabangidaBabangidaruledNigeriafrom27August1985,whenheoverthrewMajorGeneralMuhammaduBuhariinacoup,until27August1993.GeneralBabangidawasakeyplayerinmostofthemilitarycoupsinNigeria.Heintroducedastructuraladjustmentprogramthatderegulatedcertainindustriesandhelpedbolstertheeconomy.Healsohasbeenaccusedofnumeroushumanrightsviolations,suchthekillingofareporterwhowrotenegativearticlesaboutBabangida.

4.MuhammaduBuhariBuhariisaNigerianpoliticianandaretiredMajorGeneralintheNigerianArmywhoruledNigeriafrom31December1983to27August1985,aftertakingpowerinamilitarycoupd'tat.ThetermBuharismoriginatedfromhisrule.InDecember2014,heemergedasthePresidentialCandidateoftheAllProgressivesCongress,forthe2015elections.HeisofFulaniethnicbackgroundandisaSunniMuslim.

5.MohammedMurtalaaNigerianmilitaryleaderwhoruledfrom19751976.Hetookpartinthecoupsofthe1960s.DuringtheNigerianCivilwar,hewasahighrankingmilitaryleaderwhowasresponsibleforthedeathsofmanyNigeriancitizens.Hewasthenappointedheadofstate.Heoversawanumberofreformsinthepoliciesandpracticesofthegovernment,especiallyintheeconomicandsocialrealms.Healsoisreportedtohaveincarcerated0peoplewhilepresident.Hisrulewasshortlivedhowever,forhewasassassinatedin1976.

6.OlusegunObasanjoObasanjoisaformerNigerianArmygeneralwhowasPresidentofNigeriafrom1999to2007.HeisofYurobandescent,andwasacareersoldierintheNigerianArmybeforeservingtwiceashisnation'sheadofstate.Heisuniqueinthatheservedduringbotherasofgovernment,authoritariananddemocratic.Heservedasamilitaryrulerfrom13February1976to1October1979andasademocraticallyelectedpresidentfrom29May1999to29May2007.

7.ShehuShagariShehuUsmanAliyuShagari,TurakinSakkwato(bornFebruary25,1925[1])servedasthePresidentofNigeriasSecondRepublic(19791983),afterthehandoverofpowerbyGeneralOlusegunObasanjo'smilitarygovernment.ShagariisanorthernerofFulaniextractionandholdsthearistocratictitleofTurakinSakkwatointheSokotoCaliphate.Heworkedasateacherforabriefperiodbeforeenteringpoliticsin1954uponhiselectiontothefederalHouseofRepresentatives.

8.UmaruYar'AduaUmaruMusaYar'Adua(16August19515May2010)[1][2][3]wasthePresidentofNigeriaandthe13thHeadofState.HeservedasgovernorofKatsinaStateinnorthernNigeriafrom29May1999to28May2007.HewasdeclaredthewinnerofthecontroversialNigerianpresidentialelectionheldon21April2007,andwassworninon29May2007.HewasamemberoftherulingPeople'sDemocraticParty(PDP).In2009,Yar'AdualeftforSaudiArabiatoreceivetreatmentforpericarditis.HereturnedtoNigeriain2010,wherehediedon5May.9.UmaruMusaYar'AduawasthePresidentofNigeriaandthe13thHeadofState.HeservedasgovernorofKatsinaStateinnorthernNigeriafrom29May1999to28May2007.Hewas

declaredthewinnerofthecontroversialNigerianpresidentialelectionheldon21April2007,andwassworninon29May2007.HewasamemberoftherulingPeople'sDemocraticParty(PDP).In2009,Yar'AdualeftforSaudiArabiatoreceivetreatmentforpericarditis.HereturnedtoNigeriain2010,wherehediedon5May.