Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer,statesman and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and as president of the secessionist Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970,which declared independence from Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. He was active as a politician from 1983 until his death in 2011 at the age of 78.
Murtala Ramat Muhammad(listen) was a Nigerian general who led the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup in overthrowing the Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi military regime and featured prominently during the Nigerian Civil War and thereafter ruled over Nigeria from 29 July 1975 until his assassination on 13 February 1976. This period in Nigerian history,from the Northern counter-coup victory to Murtala's death,is commonly associated with the institutionalization of the military in politics.
Kano is a city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State. It is the second largest city in Nigeria after Lagos,with over four million citizens living within 449 km2 (173 sq mi);located in the Savanna,south of the Sahel,Kano is a major route of the trans-Saharan trade. The city has been a trade and human settlement for millennia. It is the traditional state of the Dabo dynasty who since the 19th century have ruled as emirs over the city-state. Kano Emirate Council is the current traditional institution inside the city boundaries of Kano,and under the authority of the Government of Kano State.
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was the first military head of state of Nigeria. He seized power during the ensuing chaos after the 15 January 1966 military coup,which decapitated the country's leadership.
Ado Bayeropronunciation CFR,LLD,JP was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014.
Prince Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor Orizu was a Nigerian of Igbo origin who served as President of the Nigerian Senate from 1963 to 15 January 1966,during the Nigerian First Republic. Orizu was also Acting President of Nigeria from late 1965 until the military coup of January 1966. He was a member of the Nnewi Royal family. His nephew Igwe Kenneth Onyeneke Orizu III is the current Igwe (King) of Nnewi Kingdom. Nwafor Orizu College of Education in Nsugbe,Anambra State,is named after him.
Ibrahim Shekarau is a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano State in Nigeria. He was elected in April 2003 and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was one of the candidates who aspired to become president in the Nigerian general elections of 2011.
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.
Sani Bello is a Nigerian statesman and military administrator who served as Governor of Kano State from 1975 to 1978. After his retirement,he amassed an enormous fortune through investments in oil,telecommunications and electricity;going on to establish the Sani Bello Foundation.
Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi was a Nigerian politician who was the Governor of Kano State during the Nigerian Second Republic. He also served as Federal Minister of Communications from 1993 to 1995 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College,Jaji is a training facility for the Nigerian Armed Forces,including the army,air force and navy. It is near the village of Jaji,Nigeria,about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Kaduna in the Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State,Nigeria. It is currently headed by Air Vice Marshal OA TUWASE.
James Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo is a Nigerian businessman and politician who was governor of Anambra State (1979–1983) during the Nigerian Second Republic and was Senator for Enugu East Senatorial District in Enugu State (1999–2003). In 2003,he ran unsuccessfully in the Nigerian Presidential elections.
Dominic Obukadata Oneya was Administrator of Kano State,Nigeria from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha,then Administrator of Benue State from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar,handing over power to the elected executive governor George Akume on 29 May 1999. Later,he became Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association.
John Atom Kpera was the first Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from March 1976 to July 1978,after it had been created from the old East Central State during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. Later he was Military Governor of Benue State from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.
Rufai Garba was the Military Administrator of Anambra State in Nigeria from 21 December 1996 to 6 August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha,and then of Sokoto State from 6 August 1998 to 29 May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar,when he handed over to the elected Executive Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa.
Garba Duba is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general who was Governor of Bauchi State,Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,and Administrator of Sokoto State from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari.
Air Vice Marshal Ishaya Aboi Shekari CON was the military Governor of Kano State from September 1978 to October 1979,during which he led the transition to the Second Nigerian Republic government of Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi.
William Walbe,was a colonel in the Nigerian Army who served as the military aide-de-camp (ADC) to General Yakubu Gowon,the third Nigerian Head of State.
Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar is the former governor of Bauchi State,Nigeria. He is popularly known as Makama Baba and Garzali. He began his career in the Civil Service where he rose through the ranks to become the Bauchi State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. He ran for public office as Governor of Bauchi State in 2015 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress,the state's opposition party. He won the election,defeating the incumbent party's candidate by over 370,000 votes. He began his tenure as the governor of Bauchi on 29 August 2016,succeeding Isa Yuguda.
Rumfa College is a High school located in the Northern part of Nigeria in Kano State,Founded in 1927 as a Kano Middle School then changed to Kano Province School,it later was renamed to Government College Kano,and is now named Rumfa College,Kano. The name Rumfa came from the name of Muhammad Rumfa.
pronunciation was Military Governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. [1] 