1.1960 — 66
Nnamdi Azikiwe — Senate President
First Senate of the Federation. Ascended the Presidency on 1 October 1963; succeeded as Senate President by Dennis Osadebay.
1st Senate
Senate Presidents and Speakers
1960 — present2.1960 — 66
Jaja Wachuku — Speaker, House of Representatives
First Nigerian to be appointed Speaker (1959), continuing into Independence; later first Foreign Minister.
1st HoR
3.1979 — 83
Joseph Wayas — Senate President
Second Republic. Removed by the December 1983 military coup.
2nd Senate
4.1979 — 83
Edwin Ume-Ezeoke — Speaker
Second Republic House Speaker; coup of 31 December 1983 dissolved the National Assembly.
2nd HoR
5.1999 — 2000
Evan(s) Enwerem — Senate President
First Senate President of the Fourth Republic. Removed via impeachment on 18 November 1999.
4th — 1st
6.1999 — 2000
Salisu Buhari — Speaker
Removed on 23 July 1999 over the 'Toronto certificate' affair; resigned and was later convicted.
4th — 1st
7.2000 — 03
Anyim Pius Anyim — Senate President
Stabilised the Senate after Enwerem and Okadigbo removals; later Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
4th — 1st
8.2003 — 07
Adolphus Wabara — Senate President
Resigned on 5 April 2005 over the Education Ministry bribery allegations.
4th — 2nd
9.2007 — 11
David Mark — Senate President
First (and to date only) Senate President to complete two full terms (6th and 7th National Assemblies).
6th–7th
10.2015 — 19
Bukola Saraki — Senate President
Elected against the wishes of the APC caucus; faced trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal — discharged on appeal at the Supreme Court (SC.852/2016).
8th
11.2019 — 23
Ahmad Lawan — Senate President
9th National Assembly. Aligned closely with the Buhari administration; presided over passage of the PIA 2021 and the Electoral Act 2022.
9th
12.2023 —
Godswill Akpabio — Senate President
10th Senate. Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs (2019–22), former Akwa Ibom Governor.
10th (sitting)
13.2015 — 19
Yakubu Dogara — Speaker
8th House. Elected against APC caucus preference; oversaw the contested 2018 budget passage.
8th
14.2019 — 23
Femi Gbajabiamila — Speaker
9th House. Sponsor of multiple reform bills; later Chief of Staff to President Tinubu.
9th
15.2023 —
Tajudeen Abbas — Speaker
10th House. From Kaduna State; PhD in Public Administration; presided over 2024 Appropriation Act passage.
10th (sitting)
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
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