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.
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 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.
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.
Corruption is an anti-social attitude awarding improper privileges contrary to legal and moral norms and impairs the authorities' capacity to secure the welfare of all citizens. Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012,Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence.
The Second Nigerian Republic was a brief formation of the Nigerian state which succeeded the military governments formed after the overthrow of the first republic.
Jerry Gana,is a Nigerian scholar,politician and one time senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1983 then Director for the Directorate of Food,Roads and Infrastructure (DFRRI).He was the director of the Mass Mobilization for Social Justice and Economic Recovery,popularly known as MAMSER under Ibrahim Babangida,then Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources,in the Interim National Government under Ernest Shonekan. Later he became Minister of Information and Culture under General Sani Abacha,then Minister of Corporation and Integration in Africa under Olusegun Obasanjo as well as being Minister of Information and national Orientation. He also served as Political Adviser to Olusegun Obasanjo,before announcing plans to run for president in June 2006.
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.
Mohammed Sani Sami was Governor of Bauchi State,Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari.
Abdulkareem Adisa was a Nigerian major general who was military governor of Oyo State during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was convicted for involvement in an attempted coup against military head of state General Sani Abacha in 1997,and was on death row when Abacha died in June 1998. He was subsequently pardoned.
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 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.
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Nigeria.
The 1999 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9,1999. APP candidate Adamu Aliero won the election,defeating PDP candidate Mohammed Kaliel.
The 2007 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14,2007. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election,defeating ANPP Farouk Bello Bunza and other 6 candidates.
The 2011 Kebbi State gubernatorial election occurred on April 26,2011. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election,defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates.
The 2012 Kebbi State gubernatorial by-election occurred on March 31,2012. PDP candidate Usman Saidu Nasamu Dakingari won the election,defeating CPC Abubakar Abubakar and 13 other candidates.
The 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Kebbi State,concurrent with elections to the Kebbi 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 Atiku Bagudu is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kebbi State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Kebbi State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
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