Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is a Nigerian statesman and military dictator who ruled as military president of Nigeria from 1985 when he orchestrated a coup d'état against his military and political arch-rival Muhammadu Buhari,until his resignation in 1993 as a result of the post-12 June 1993 election which he illegally nullified.
The State Security Service(SSS),self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS),is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO). The agency is under the Presidency of Nigeria,and it reports its activities direct to the President,office of the ONSA,headquartered in Abuja.
The National Security Organization (NSO) of Nigeria,or Nigerian Security Organization,was created under Decree number 27 of 1976 by the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,after the failed Dimka coup which claimed the life of former Head of State General Murtala Mohammed. The NSO was given a mandate of co-ordinating Internal Security,Foreign Intelligence and counterintelligence activities. It was charged with the detection and prevention of any crime against the security of the state,with the protection of classified materials,and with carrying out any other security missions assigned by the president.
Owoye Andrew AzaziGSS DSS MSS CMH was a Nigerian army general who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan,was Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria,and Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Before his first service chief appointment (COAS),he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division,Kaduna State.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna,Nigeria,that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces:the Army,the Navy,and the Air Force. The duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is five years.
David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode is a Nigerian politician,author and lawyer.
Nuhu Aliyu Labbo is a Nigerian politician elected to the Senate for the Niger North constituency of Niger State in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.
Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim is a Nigerian politician who was governor of Sokoto State,between January 1992 and November 1993,during General Ibrahim Babangida's attempted transition to democracy. After the return to democracy in 1999,he became a power in the Zamfara State branch of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),and served for a while in the cabinet of president Olusegun Obasanjo.
Aliyu Mohammed Gusau is a Nigerian general and statesman. He has held several high level national security,military and intelligence offices,and has participated in several military coups,playing a central role in founding the Fourth Nigerian Republic.
Haliru Mohammed Bello is a Nigerian politician. He was trained in veterinary medicine. He held various administrative positions under the military governments before 1999. He was the Minister of Communications from June 2001 to May 2003. After he left office he was indicted in a bribery scandal involving the German telecom company Siemens AG.
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kaduna State from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed deputy governor of Kaduna State in July 2005,following the death of Stephen Shekari and was elected in 2007. He was sworn in as governor on 20 May 2010,replacing Governor Namadi Sambo who had been sworn in as vice president the day before. Yakowa successfully ran for election as Kaduna Governor in the 26 April 2011 polls.
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.
Victor Samuel Leonard Malu DSS mni fwc psc was Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from 1999 to 2001 and Force Commander of the ECOMOG peace-keeping force in Liberia from 1996 to 1998.
Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo is a retired Nigerian high ranking security and intelligence official. He was a police officer,and the first Director of the State Security Service;Minister of Police Affairs and was also the National Security Adviser to Head of State Sani Abacha. He has been linked to the theft of about $2.45 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Sambo Dasuki is a retired Nigerian military officer who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and briefly to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Haliru Akilu is a Nigerian general who was Director of National Intelligence and Director of Military Intelligence at various times in the 1990s.
The Nigerian National Security Adviser,commonly referred to as the NSA,is a senior official of the federal government of Nigeria,based at the Three Arms Zone in Abuja,FCT. The national security adviser acts on behalf of the president of Nigeria,co-ordinating the management of all national security matters as principal adviser on state security. The position is a statutory member of the National Security Council (NSC) and Federal Executive Council (FEC),and chairs meetings of the Nigerian intelligence agencies. The NSA is supported by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA),which includes executive staff drawn from intelligence,the armed forces,law enforcement and paramilitary units who primarily fulfil roles assigned them by the NSA at any given time in furtherance of the national security strategy of Nigeria. The National Security Adviser serves at the pleasure of the President and does not require confirmation from the Nigerian Senate. The duties of the NSA varies from administration to administration;and depends not only on the qualities of the person appointed to the position,but also on the style and management philosophy of the incumbent President. Historically,appointment to the office has been held by senior police officers,and,the top brass of military officers up to,and,including three- and four-star generals.
The Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria is a high-ranking official who manages the Office of the President. The position was created by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999,modelled after the White House Chief of Staff;and its duties are assigned by the President but primarily focused on managing the flow of information and people;advising the president on various issues –through these roles the position wields considerable influence.
Lieutenant general,is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff,the rank of full general is given. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank.
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