Background
Born in Ibadan and hails from Bida central Nigeria but grew up in Kano State. He had his education from 1957 to 1960 at Tudun Wada Primary School Kano and Kuka School Kano finished in 1964 then he returned to his home and had senior certificate in Government College Bida, from 1965 to 1968 then in 1971 to 1975 he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna and head to Glosgow College of Technology, Scotland from 1979 finished in 1980 he also attended school of journalism at Columbia University finished in 1984 and in 1995 he attend Harvard Advanced Management Programme. [7] [8] [9] [10]
He began his career as reporter at New Nigerian Newspapers Company Limited in 1976 and became managing director in 1989 was also co-founding member and chief executive of Citizen News Magazine in 90s later in 1998 third republic when General Abdulsalami Abubakar became head of state he was his chief-press Secretary till 1999 and taught in Ahmadu Bello University under the department of mass communications in 2008 to 2014 as senior lecturer and also he works for New Nigerian Today, Gamji, The Nation and Daily Trust together with New Diary online. He had also works with the Press Council delivering papers on politics, journalism, seminars, workshops organized by institutions and lectures also he works with the Nigerian Guild of Editors and national commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission was member of African Center for Democratic Governance, Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization in Nigerian Television Authority Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria he also served as director News Agency of Nigeria, Forte Oil and Conoil and member Vision 2010 Committee, Vision 2020 Committee and People's Bank. [11] [7] [12]
Kudu Haruna is a close and most associated person to political actors and actress in Nigeria and that of the old generation players that designed the 1999 constitution in the country. [3]
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.
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The following lists and talks about events that happened in 2019 in Nigeria.
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The 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states. All but three elections were held on 18 March—concurrent with elections to every state house of assembly, three 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 took place on 18 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 — which was postponed from its original 11 March date — was later scheduled to hold three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Deputy Governor Umar Namadi held the office for the APC by a margin of 24% over PDP nominee Mustapha Sule Lamido — a businessman and son of former Governor Sule Lamido.
The 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Kano State, concurrent with elections to the Kano 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, was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Abba Kabir Yusuf — a former commissioner and son-in-law of former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso — gained the office for the NNPP by a 6.5% margin over Deputy Governor Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, the APC nominee.
The 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial election was held 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 — was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Nasir Idris, a teachers' union leader, held the office for the APC by a margin of 6% over the PDP nominee — former Army major general Aminu Bande.
The 2023 Niger State gubernatorial election was held 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 was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Mohammed Umar Bago — House of Representatives member for Chanchaga — retained the office for the APC by a margin of 9.4% over former commissioner Isah Liman Kantigi, the PDP nominee.
