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Born September 20, 1943 • KanoNigeria
Died June 8, 1998 (aged 54) • AbujaNigeria
Title / Office president (1993-1998), Nigeria

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John A. Rawlins
United States general
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
Buhari, Muhammadu
Muhammadu Buhari
head of state of Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo
president of Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Gowon
head of state of Nigeria
Abdusalam Abubakar
head of state of Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
president of Nigeria
Bola Tinubu
Bola Tinubu
president of Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian statesman
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
president of Nigeria
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
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician