NIGERIA LEADERSHIP Since Independence - Political Parties after Independence

Fourth Republic
(1999-present)
• Action Congress (AC)
• Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD)
• African Democratic Congress (ADC)
• Alliance for Democracy (AD)
• All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)
• All People's Party (APP)
• All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
• Democratic Alternative (DA)
• Democratic People's Party (Nigeria) (DPP)
• National Democratic Party (NDP)
• New Democrats (ND)
• People's Democratic Party (PDP)
• People's Redemption Party (PRP)
• People's Salvation Party (PSP)
• United Nigeria People's Party (UNPP)
• Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)
• Communist Party of Nigeria (CPN)
• Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA)
• People Progressive Party (PPP)
• Masses Movement of Nigeria (MMN)
• National Conscience Party (NCP)
• Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)
• African Renaissance Party [ARP]
Electoral Commission – Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)


Abortive Third Republic
(1991-1993)
• National Republican Convention (NRC)
• Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Electoral Commission – National Electoral Commission (NEC)
(1996-1998)
• National Democratic Coalition (NADECO)
• Committee for National Consensus (CNC)
• Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN)
• Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM)
• National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCPN)
• United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP)
• Justice Party (JP)
Electoral Commission –National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON)

Second Republic
(1979-1983)
• Greater Nigerian People's Party (GNPP)
• National Party of Nigeria (NPN)
• Nigeria Advance Party (NAP)
• Nigerian People's Party (NPP)
• People's Redemption Party (PRP)
• Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN)
• Movement of the People Party (MPP)
Electoral Commission – Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO)

First Republic
(1960-1966)
• Action Group (AG)
• Borno Youth Movement (BYM)
• Democratic Party of Nigeria and Cameroon (DPNC)
• Dynamic Party (DP)
• Igala Union (IU)
• Igbira Tribal Union (ITU)
• Kano People's Party (KPP)
• Lagos State United Front (LSUF)
• Mabolaje Grand Alliance (MGA)
• Midwest Democratic Front (MDF)
• National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons/National Council of Nigerian
Citizens (NCNC)
• Niger Delta Congress (NDC)
• Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
• Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)
• Northern People's Congress (NPC)
• Northern Progressive Front (NPF)
• Republican Party (RP)
• United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC)
• United National Independence Party (UNIP)
• Zamfara Commoners Party (ZCP)

Electoral Commission – Nigerian Federal Electoral Commission