The president of Nigeria,officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Abubakar Dangiwa Umar was governor of Kaduna state in Nigeria from August 1985 to June 1988 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. After retiring from the army in 1993,he became a social critic and the founder of Movement for Unity and Progress,a political party.
The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983. The military was able to rise to power often with the tacit support of the elite through coup d'états. Since the country became a republic in 1963,there had been a series of military coups.
George Agbazika Innih was a Nigerian Army general and statesman. He was the military governor of Bendel and Kwara States.
Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha is a Nigerian politician and retired brigadier general who served as the administrator of Akwa Ibom State and then of Bendel State during the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993). After the return to democracy in 1999,he was elected senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State from May 1999 to May 2007. A biography on Ogbeha titled "Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha:A Noble Path" was written by Innocent Nzeke Waniko,a journalist,and presented publicly on 1 September 2017. The book chronicles the early life and comprehensively captures the life and career of Ogbeha.
Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia was a Nigerian army officer and politician. He was military Governor (1967–1975) of the Mid-West State,later renamed Bendel State,part of which in turn later became Edo State. After the return to democracy in 1999,he became a powerbroker in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In September 2009,Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state and others attended his 77th birthday celebration in Benin. He is noted as one of the founding fathers of the very prestigious University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH)
Mohammed Buba Marwa,is a retired Nigerian army brigadier general,who is serving as the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) since January 2021. He previously served as governor of Lagos State from 1996 to 1999 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar and governor of Borno State from 1990 to 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Ibrahim Taiwo was a Military Governor of Kwara State from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed. He assisted in establishment of the University of Ilorin,which was founded by decree August,1975.
Abdullahi Shelleng was the first Military Governor of Benue State during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,after Benue State had been split from the old Benue-Plateau State. He ruled from 3 February 1976 to July 1978.
Mohammed Sani Sami was Governor of Bauchi State,Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari.
Dan Suleiman was a Nigerian Air Force officer and politician. He was a member of General Murtala Muhammed's supreme military council in Nigeria between July 1975 and March 1976,and was military governor of Plateau State from March 1976 to July 1978 after it had been created from part of the old Benue Plateau State. After the return to democracy in 1999 in the Nigerian Fourth Republic,Suleiman became chairman of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF),a socio-political group representing the people of the Middle Belt of Nigeria.
Major General Saidu Ayodele Balogun,is a retired Nigerian general who appointed the first Governor of Ogun State,Nigeria after it was formed from part of the old Western State in March 1976,holding office until July 1978 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
Abdullahi Mohammed is a retired Nigerian Army major general,who served as chief of staff to presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from 1999 to 2008;National Security Adviser to General Abdusalami Abubakar from 1998 to 1999;Director General of the National Security Organization from 1976 to 1979;and Governor of Benue-Plateau State,Nigeria from July 1975 to February 1976 during the military regime of General Murtala Mohammed.
Abba Kyari was a Nigerian military officer who served as governor of North-Central State,Nigeria after it was created from the Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
Augustine Aniebo is a retired Nigerian army brigadier general who served as military administrator of Borno State from 1997 to 1998 during the regime of General Sani Abacha and administrator of Kogi State from 1998 to 1999 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar,handing over to the elected civilian governor Abubakar Audu on 29 May 1999,at the start of the Fourth Republic.
The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Nigeria.
Abubakar Kyari is a Nigerian politician who is the minister of Agriculture and Food Security. He was the senator representing Borno North Senatorial District from 2015 until his resignation in April 2022. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress,and briefly served as its acting national chairman in 2023.
Lists of Nigerian state governors cover the governors of states of Nigeria. The governor heads the executive branch of the state government,and can appoint people to the State Executive Council subject to the advice and consent of the State House of Assembly (Legislature). The lists include a list of current governors,lists by state,lists by period and a list of governors of former states.
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