Page No 25 Global Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Website: https://grpublishing.org/gjhss/journal ISSN (online): 2957-3602 ISSN (print): 2957-3599 Volume-1 | Issue-1 | May-June-2022 | Original Research Article Assessing History of Nigeria’s Presidential Elections Experiences From1923-2019 Samuel Osaretin Uwaifo 1* & Prof. Michael Abiodun Oni 2 1 Doctorate Candidate, Department Of Political Science And Public Administration, Babcock University, Illisan Remo- Ogun State 2 Prof. Michael Abiodun Oni, Department Of Political Science And Public Administration, Babcock University, Illisan Remo- Ogun State *Corresponding Author SAMUEL OSARETIN UWAIFO Abstract: Nigeria‟s electoral politics undermine the very lives of its citizenry and ultimately short changed the very people it‟s sought to serve. It is characterized by electoral violence, mal-practices, greed, intimidation, fear, selfishness, deceit, ethnicity, nepotism, incompetence, manipulation, government interference, poor governance structure, and general mismanagement and misapplication of scarce resources, it is indeed a bad experience. Hence, the paper seek to explored historical assessment of Nigeria‟s electoral politics experiences from colonial to post-colonial periods. It will cover parliamentary, and presidential elections experiences from 1923-2019, articulating the problematic and turbulent nature and characteristics inherent in the nation‟s electoral and political experiences, this will also serve as the objective of the paper. The methodology adopted is qualitative method, and content analysis was also adopted to examine key variables and, secondary sources was also adopted in the paper. Hence, social contract theory, which is based on the idea of a contractual agreement between the individual and the state also serve as the theoretical framework. Hence, the findings reveals that, the problematic nature and characteristics of Nigeria‟s electoral politics limits her capacity to freely interact and play a more role in global politics and also negatively and adversely on her foreign relations experiences (bilateral, multilateral, cultural international or regional cooperation and interactions as the case may) with other nations in the international community, especially in the area global trade, and security. Consequently, the paper concludes and recommends a proactive and systematic reformation of the nation‟s electoral process and correspondent amendment of 2014 Electoral Act as amended, as a way to better a cordial foreign relations activities and interactions in the international community. Keywords: History, Nigeria, Presidential Elections, and Experiences INTRODUCTION Colonial administration of what now constitute Nigeria started in 1800 via the Royal Niger Company. However, the actual colonial government began in 1900, when the British took over administration and governance of northern and southern protectorate from the royal Niger Company. The desire for self-rule and governance via nationalist movement and agitations for native participation and inclusion in the political, social and economic management of the Nigerian state prompted the British colonial administration to consider the need to accommodate the concerns, desires, yearnings, and aspirations of the native people of Nigeria. Furthermore as Ojiako[1] noted in his book Titled Nigeria: Yesterday, Today, And.., “that the British military conquest of Nigerian territories (north & south) in 1906 , created administrative and governance challenges for them, because of the vast nature of these conquered territories”. Again, these territories were inhabited by different ethnic nationalities and groupings with different culture, language, social and political organization. In the north, were the Mohammedan with the influence and the practice of Islamic doctrines and culture as a way of life for six centuries, and in the south, were the Yoruba and Ibo tribes who shared no common affinity and relations with the north. Hence, according to [1] these differences and other factors created the problem of integration, political administration and how to merge the discordant elements of these groupings into a coherent entity while preserving their culture and historical beliefs and values. He further observed that the British colonial master had desire to create a strong political unit from the different ethnic nationalities since 1906 when the colony and protectorate of Lagos and protectorate of southern Nigeria were amalgamated into the colony and protectorate of southern Nigeria. In 1914 the northern and southern protectorate were finally brought together as one political unit called Nigeria. Elections began in colonial Nigeria in 1922 with the Legislative Council elections in Lagos and Calabar via the wake of the promulgation of Clifford constitution. Again, [2] maintained “that the impact and the influence of the nationalist movement, evolution of Major Township and developmental centers across the Nation through political agitation and