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On 1 October 1979, after more than 13 years of military rule, Nigeria returned to democratic rule. The National Party of Nigeria emerged victorious in the presidential election and Shehu Shagari became the first democratically elected president. [10]
The Nigerian National Democratic Party ( NNDP) was Nigeria's first political party . Formed in 1923 by Herbert Macaulay to take advantage of the new Clifford Constitution, which succeeded the 1914 Nigerian Council. The NNDP successfully organized various Lagos interest groups into a single group that was able to compete politically.
The longtime slogan of the Peoples Democratic Party has been "Power to the people". [20] During the party's National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 21 May 2016, David Mark, a former President of the Senate of Nigeria, introduced "Change the change" as the party's campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections. [21]
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian statesman who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. [2] [3] A retired Nigerian Army major general, he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état.
Olusegun Obasanjo was the first vice president (as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters) to become head of state when Murtala Muhammed was killed during the 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, [10] while Goodluck Jonathan was the first democratic vice president to become head of state when Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died of Illness on 5 May 2010.
Bola Tinubu. Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who is the 16th and current president of Nigeria. [ 1] He was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic . Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States where ...
Tope Fasua, founder and National Chairman of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party. [25] Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State. [26] Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State. [27] Ahmed Makarfi, former chairman of the People's Democratic Party National Caretaker Committee. [25]
The National Democratic Party is a progressive political party in Nigeria which was founded on 23 July 2001. At the last legislative elections , in 2023, the party won zero out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and no seats in the Senate .