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Born March 5, 1937 (age 88) • Abeokuta • Nigeria
Title / Office president (1999-2007), Nigeria
Political Affiliation People’s Democratic Party
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
Buhari, Muhammadu
Muhammadu Buhari
head of state of Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon
head of state of Nigeria
Gen. Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha
Nigerian military leader
Abdusalam Abubakar
head of state of Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
president of Nigeria
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
president of Nigeria
Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu
president of Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian statesman
Ibrahim Babangida
head of state of Nigeria
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigerian military leader and politician
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nnamdi Azikiwe
president of Nigeria
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola
Nigerian entrepreneur and politician
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
prime minister of Nigeria
Akintola, Samuel Ladoke
Samuel Ladoke Akintola
Nigerian politician
Shehu Shagari
president of Nigeria
S. Adeboye Babalola
Nigerian poet and scholar
Frederick Lugard
Frederick Lugard
British colonial administrator
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States