President / Head Of StateDuration Of Term
Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa1960 - 1966Chief Benjamin Nnamdi AzikiweOctober 1, 1963 - January 16, 1966Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi IronsiJanuary 16, 1966 - July 29, 1966General Yakubu GowonAugust 1, 1966 - July 29, 1975General Murtala Ramat MohammedJuly 29, 1975 - February 13, 1976General Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew ObasanjoFebruary 13, 1976 - October 1, 1979Shehu Usman Aliyu ShagariOctober 1, 1979 - December 31, 1983Major-General Muhammadu BuhariDecember 31, 1983 - August 27, 1985General Ibrahim Badamasi BabangidaAugust 27, 1985 - August 27, 1993Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde ShonekanAugust 26, 1993 - November 17, 1993General Sani AbachaNovember 17, 1993 - June 8, 1998General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar (rtd.)June 9, 1998 - May 29, 1999General (rtd.) Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew ObasanjoMay 29, 1999 - May 29, 2007Umaru Musa Yar'Adua29 May 2007 - 5 May 2010Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan ( Acting President)9 February 2010 - 6 May 2010Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan6 May 2010 - Present
Nigeria has won 14 gold medals in olympic since 1960.
since 1960
Abuja, in the interior of Nigeria, replaced Lagos, the capital since 1914 and the first capital of independent Nigeria in 1960.
biafran independence struggle
Nigeria has made little progress in industrial policy since 1960. Instead, the existing policies are saturated by failures and downsides. Furthermore, industrial policy has been little implemented since 1960 as there is no enforcement or punishment.
Since 1960, there have been just 2 presidents of Cameroon. From 1960 until 1982, it was Ahmadou Ahidjo and from 1972 to the present it has been Paul Biya.
Nigeria is Africa's largest producer of movies. Films in Nigeria have been produced since the 1960's, and has increased since then due to the rise of affordable digital filming and editing technologies.
1960
Walter Mondale (1984) and Al Gore (2000).
Nigeria got her independence in October 1 1960.
Sterling Bank - Nigeria - was created in 1960.
There have been five different Democratic presidents since 1950 including the current President Obama. The Democrats won the White House in 1960, 1964,1976, 1992, 1996 and 2008.