Abubakar Bukola Sarakipronunciation,Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of SurgeryMBBS,is a Nigerian politician. He was the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria from 2015 to 2019 and Chair of the 8th Nigeria National Assembly. He was previously the Governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011;and was elected to the Senate in 2011,under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),representing the Kwara Central Senatorial District,and then re-elected in the 2015 general elections under the party of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Barewa College is a college in Zaria,Kaduna State,northern Nigeria. Founded in 1921 by British Governor General Hugh Clifford,it was originally known as Katsina College. It switched its name to Kaduna College in 1938 and to Government College,Zaria in 1949 before settling on Barewa College. It is one of the largest boarding schools in Northern Nigeria and was the most-celebrated post-primary schools there up to the early 1960s. The school is known for the large number of elites from the region who attended and counts among its alumni include Tafawa Balewa who was Prime Minister of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966,four heads of state of Nigeria.
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru,Nigeria is a policy formation center for bureaucrats,private sector leaders,Army officers,and medium-rank and senior civil servants,which was founded in 1979. Most policymakers in Nigeria have attended the NIPSS. Its first Director General was Major General Ogundeko. The current Director General is Professor Tijjanii Muhammad-Bande (OFR). Notable graduates of the NIPSS are General Ibrahim Babangida the former Nigerian Head of State,and Comrade Ajayi Olusegun,the former Director General of Nigeria Policy Study and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu,the anti-corruption campaigner.
Alhaji Musiliu Adeola Kunbi Smith,was an Inspector General of Police of Nigeria appointed in May 1999,who retired in March 2002 following a police strike.
Ibrahim Coomassie was a Nigerian police officer and the 9th Inspector General of Nigerian Police serving between 1993 and 1999,under the military governments of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar. He died on Thursday 19 July 2018 after a protracted illness. He was 76 years old.
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.
For the Arab Hutaymi tribe,see Sulluba
Solomon Ehigiator Arase is a retired Nigerian police officer who served as the 18th Inspector-General of Nigerian Police (IGP). He was appointed IGP in 2015 by President Goodluck Jonathan after Suleiman Abba was sacked. Before his appointment as IGP,Arase was head of the topmost intelligence gathering unit of the Nigerian police,the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau.
Suleiman Abbapronunciation is a retired Nigerian police officer who served as the 17th Inspector General of Nigerian Police. He was appointed as acting IGP on 1 August 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan and later confirmed as substantive IGP on 4 November 2014. Before the appointment,Abba was serving as the Assistant Inspector-General in Charge of Zone 7,Abuja. IGP,Suleiman Abba was sacked 21 April 2015 because of noticeable indiscipline in the Nigerian Police Force in the buildup to the 2015 general election
The Inspector General of Police,abbreviated as IGP is the head of the Nigeria Police Force. He is the most senior officer in the police service. The pioneer IGP is Louis Edet and the current IGP is Usman Alkali Baba.
Hafiz Ringimpronunciation was a Nigerian Policeman and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed in 2010 to succeed Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo and was succeeded by Mohammed Dikko Abubakar in 2012.
Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta was a former Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force. He was appointed in 1986 to succeed Etim Inyang and was succeeded by Aliyu Attah in 1990. He was also a National Security Adviser to President of Nigeria Ibrahim Babangida.
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki,MFR,OBE,DLL and holder of King George VI Coronation Medal was a prominent Nigerian politician,former Minister of Health,the Madawaki of Ilorin and the Atunluse of Erin-Ile,Kwara State.
Ibrahim Idris Kpotun is a Nigerian police officer and former Inspector General of Police. He was appointed to this position by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 March 2016,serving till his retirement in January 2019. He replaced Solomon Arase,who retired from the police force on 21 June 2016.
Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is a Nigerian retired police officer who is formerly the 20th Nigerian inspector-general of police. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 15 January 2019 replacing Ibrahim Kpotun Idris (rtd) of Niger State. Mohammed Adamu hails from Lafia,in Nasarawa State. He was replaced on 6 April 2021 with Usman Alkali Baba.
Ivy Uche Okoronkwo,Ivy Okoronkwo was a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in the Nigerian Police. She was also the second in command to the then Inspector General of Police Mr. Hafiz Ringim. When she was appointed a DIG in Nigerian Police on 5 October 2010,she became the first female to be appointed a DIG. When she was an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and posted to head Zone 7,she was also the first female officer to head a command. When she was Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Ekiti State,Nigeria,she was also the first female police officer to be posted to head a state Command on the Nigerian Police.
Alkali Baba Usman CFR,is the current substantive and 21st Nigerian Inspector General of Police. He was appointed by the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari to replace Mohammed Adamu who retired from Nigeria Police Force in February 2021. The Police Council on Friday,June 4,2021,confirmed the appointment of Alkali Usman Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police.
The 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections will be held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states. All but three elections will be held on 11 March—concurrent with elections to every state house of assembly,two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections—while the Imo State,Kogi State,and Bayelsa State elections will be held on 11 November. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all states were in 2019. All states have a two term limit for Governors which makes 18 incumbent governors ineligible for re-election.
The 2023 Jigawa State gubernatorial election will take place on 11 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Jigawa State,concurrent with elections to the Jigawa State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election will be held two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
