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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 coup 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. [11]
It ranks above lieutenant-general and below field marshal which is only held as an honorary rank by the incumbent president of Nigeria in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Since 1960, only thirteen officers have attained this rank.
Nigeria's Armed Forces Ruling Council was established by Ibrahim Babangida following the 1985 Nigerian coup d'état that overthrew Muhammadu Buhari. It replaced Buhari's Supreme Military Council , which had been in place since the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état .
The chief of defence staff (CDS) is the head of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the minister of defence and the president of Nigeria. The chief of the defence staff is based at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja and works alongside the permanent secretary of defence.
Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, listen ⓘ 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was a Nigerian military officer who was the 1st Vice President and the 2nd and last president of the Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970.
Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état July 29, 1966: Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup led by Theophilus Danjuma. July 29, 1966: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head of State of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup February 13, 1976: Murtala Mohammed, Head of State ...
On January 9, 1970 President Odumegwu Ojukwu officially placed all remaining Biafran soldiers under the command of Maj. Achuzia and gave his vice president Philip Effiong his title of President. Three days later on January 12 Effiong, Achuzie, and other Biafran officers made their way to Amichi and later Owerri to broadcast their final ...
Nigerian Army: Group Captain Idi Musa: September 1990 – December 1991 Nigerian Air Force: Major General Ibrahim Dahiru Gumel: December 1991 – March 1995 Nigerian Army: Air Vice Marshal Idi Musa: March 1995 – July 1999 Nigerian Air Force: Vice Admiral Joseph Ajayi: July 1999 – September 2005 Nigerian Navy: Major General A.M. Halidu-Giwa