List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019

List of Nigerian presidents (both civilian and military) along with their second-in-command from 1960 to 2019
1.Nnamdi Azikiwe Year: 1960-1963 (Governor-General, then President) Second in Command: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

2. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi - Year: 1966 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Military Rule)

3.General Yakubu Gowon - Year: 1966-1975 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Major General Joseph Edet Akinrinade (Initially), then General Olusegun Obasanjo (After a coup in 1975)

4.General Murtala Ramat Mohammed - Year: 1975-1976 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo

5.Major General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1976-1979 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua

6.Alhaji Shehu Shagari - Year: 1979-1983 (President) - Second in Command: Dr. Alex Ekwueme

7.Major General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 1983-1985 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Tunde Idiagbon

8.General Ibrahim Babangida - Year: 1985-1993 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Rear Admiral Augustus Aikhomu

9.Ernest Shonekan - Year: 1993 (Interim President) - Second in Command: Vacant (Direct Rule by the Military)

10.General Sani Abacha - Year: 1993-1998 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya

11.General Abdulsalami Abubakar - Year: 1998-1999 (Military Head of State) - Second in Command: Brigadier General Olagunsoye Oyinlola

12.General Olusegun Obasanjo - Year: 1999-2007 (President) - Second in Command: Atiku Abubakar

13.Umaru Musa Yar'Adua - Year: 2007-2010 (President) - Second in Command: Goodluck Jonathan

14.Goodluck Jonathan - Year: 2010-2015 (President) - Second in Command: Namadi Sambo

15.General Muhammadu Buhari - Year: 2015-2023 Vice-president: Professor Yemi Osinbajo

16.Bola Ahmad Tinubu - Year: 2023- till date Vice-president: Kasheem Shettima