Minna is a city in Middle Belt Nigeria. It is the capital city of Niger State,one of Nigeria's 36 federal states. Its original two major ethnic groups are the Gbagyi and the Nupe peoples
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri,the capital city of Borno State in Northeast Nigeria. The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975,with the intention of its becoming one of the country's principal higher-education institutions. It enrolls about 25,000 students in its combined programs,which include a college of medicine and faculties of agriculture,arts,environmental science,Allied health science,Basic medical science,dentistry,education,engineering,law,management science,pharmacy,science,social science,and veterinary medicine. With the encouragement of the federal government,the university has recently been increasing its research efforts,particularly in the fields of agriculture,medicine and conflict resolution,and expanding the university press. The university is the major higher institution of learning in the north-eastern part of the country.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University,Sokoto (UDUS),also known as UDUSOK,is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto,north western Part of Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal government in 1975.
Abdulsalami Abubakar is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon the latter's death.
Umaru Bago Tafida III is the 12th Emir,Etsu,or traditional ruler of Lapai in Niger State,Nigeria appointed in July 2002. He succeeded Emir Alhaji Muhammadu Kobo,who died at the age of 92 after ruling for 48 years,and was appointed to the stool by the Niger State governor Abdulkadir Kure.
The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit,established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger.
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023.
Abubakar Sani Bello,also known as Lolo, is a Nigerian politician who is the current senator representing the Niger North Senatorial District. He previously served as the governor of Niger State from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of All Progressives Congress.
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa,OFR is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
Fatima Lami Abubakar is a Nigerian jurist who was the First Lady of Nigeria during the term of Abdulsalami Abubakar from June 1998 to May 1999. After her reign as First Lady,Abubakar was the Chief Judge of Niger State from 2013 to 2016.
Liman Alhaji Ibrahim is the current Controller General of Fire Service of Nigeria,and was born to family of Alhaji Abdulrahman Ndabida in Baro,Agaie Local Government,Area Niger State,his father was 4th Imam of Baro,Agaie Liman was also Waziri of Baro and he's erudite scholar that developed in academical
Saidu Musa Abdullahi mostly known as SMA is a Member of the Federal House of Representative,representing Bida/Katcha/Gbako federal constituency assumed office in June 2019.
Justice Ishaq Usman Bello is a Nigerian jurist,the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),Abuja,and Nigeria's nominated candidate for the 2020 judicial elections of the International Criminal Court based in The Hague,Netherlands. He is better known for his effort towards decongesting several prisons,now known as correctional facilities,in Nigeria.
Jibrin Ndatsu Ndajiwo was a teacher and jurist who served as Chief Judge of the Niger States from 1991 to retirement in 2013,he also held a chieftain title of Magajin Garin Nupe till deceased. He was succeeded by Fati Lami Abubakar as acting chief judge.
Rifkatu Adamu Chidawa is the Commissioner for Tourism and Culture,Niger State,Nigeria.
Ahmed Lemu,OON,OFR,was a Nigerian Islamic scholar,educationist and jurist,who was the first grand khadi and chief justice of Niger State. He was the founder of Islamic Educational Trust (IET) together with his wife Aisha Lemu and a friend Ashafa Sani Suleiman. He was a member of the Vision 2010 Committee constituted by Sani Abacha,and in 2011 he was appointed as the Chairman of Presidential Committee on Post Election Violence by Goodluck Jonathan to probe the violence which followed the announcement of the 2011 presidential Election results in Northern Nigeria. He died at the age of 91.
The 2023 Niger State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Niger State,concurrent with elections to the Niger State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Abubakar Sani Bello is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges,three schools,18 faculties,110 academic departments,17 centres,and seven institutes with over 600 professors,about 3000 academic staff and over 7000 non-teaching staff. The university has over 400 postgraduate programmes reflecting its strife to become a postgraduate studies-centred university. The university operates from two campuses in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Zaria,the Samaru Campus where the Senate Building and most of the faculties are located and the Kongo Campus,hosting the faculties of Law and Administration. It has been adjudged to be the largest university in Sub-Saharan Africa,in terms of land occupied,owing to the numerous buildings it has.
Amina Abubakar Bello is the First Lady of Niger State,Nigeria and an obstetrician,gynaecologist and human rights activist.
