The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president of Nigeria is also the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The president is elected in national elections which take place every four years. The offices, powers, and titles of the head of state and the head of government were officially merged into the office of the presidency under the 1979 Constitution of Nigeria. The current president, Muhammadu Buhari, took office on May 29, 2015, as the 15th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Chief Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele was a Nigerian business consultant and civil servant.
John Olukayode Fayemi, is a Nigerian politician who is currently serving as the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) in office since 16 October 2018. He previously served in office between 2010 and 2014 before losing re-election to Ayodele Fayose. He was also the Minister of Solid Minerals Development in President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet from 11 November 2015 to 30 May 2018, when he resigned to contest for a second time as Governor of Ekiti State.
The National Security Organization (NSO) of Nigeria, or Nigerian Security Organization, was created under Decree number 27 of 1976 by the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, after the failed Dimka coup which claimed the life of former Head of State Gen. Murtala Mohammed. The NSO was given a mandate of co-ordinating Internal Security, Foreign Intelligence and counterintelligence activities. It was charged with the detection and prevention of any crime against the security of the state, with the protection of classified materials, and with carrying out any other security missions assigned by the president.
Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo, popularly known as 'Alhaji how are you', was a Nigerian and prominent Yoruba politician. He was born in Ado-Ekiti the Ekiti State capital to Sir. Rufai Adeyemo & Princess Adebolarin Agunsoye. Growing up as a Catholic during the British colonial era, he later converted to Islam. He became a politician early in his career. He joined the Western Region campaign of Egbe Omo Oduduwa founded by Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo. He was also a front-line member of Action Group political party which later metamorphosed into Unity Party of Nigeria. His main legacy was to secure democracy and good governance in post independent Nigeria.
Chief Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode, Q.C., SAN, CON (1921–1995) was a leading Nigerian politician, aristocrat, nationalist, statesman and lawyer. He was elected deputy premier of the Western Region of Nigeria in 1963 and he played a major role in Nigeria's legal history and politics from the late 1940s until 1995.
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria for the first time on 11 August 1979. The result was a victory for Shehu Shagari, whose National Party of Nigeria had won the parliamentary elections in July.
Alhaji Abdurrahman Shugaba Darman (1920–2010) was a Nigerian politician from Borno State, and a contemporary of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello. Shugaba Darman was a founding member of the Great Nigeria People's Party and was elected as a member of the Borno State House of Assembly in 1979 where he also became the house Majority Leader.
The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit, established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger.
Chief Atanda Fatai Williams, SAN CFR, CON, GCFR was a Nigerian Jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, SAN popularly known by his initials GOK Ajayi, was a prominent Nigerian lawyer.
Chief Samuel Obakayode "Kayode" Eso, CON, CFR was a prominent Nigerian jurist. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, CFR was a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He served on the Supreme Court from 2011 until his death in 2021.
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki, MFR, OBE, DLL and holder of King George VI Coronation Medal was a prominent Nigerian politician, former Minister of Health, the Madawaki of Ilorin and the Atunluse of Erin-Ile, Kwara State.
Mudiaga Odje Born in Evwreni, Delta State Nigeria. Odje was a Legal Luminary and one of the few attorneys to have shaped both the constitutional and legal systems of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was the lead Counsel in the case wherein the first impeachment of a sitting Governor in Nigerian legal history was successfully upheld. Odje was one of the only and foremost lawyers to have successfully persuaded the Supreme Court of Nigeria to overrule itself on a previous decision and accept his contention as the correct position of the Law.
Ahmed Kusamotu was a Nigerian lawyer who had a prominent political role as chairperson of the National Republican Convention during the late stages of the short-lived Third Republic.
Justice Mohammed Suleiman Ambursa is the Chief Judge of Kebbi State. He hails from Ambursa, Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi. He was born on the 25th day of December in the year 1957 in the present-day Kebbi State.
Alhaji Abubakar Garba Koko, OFR, Sarkin Yakin Gwandu, was a Nigerian civil servant, Administrator, and Politician who served as the first Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja. He planned and executed the development of Nigeria's new federal capital in the 80s.
The 2015 Delta State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Delta State. Held on April 11, 2015, the People's Democratic Party nominee Ifeanyi Okowa won the election, defeating Great Ogboru of the LP.
The 2011 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 26, 2011. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election, defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates.
