Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu is a Nigerian politician who has served the 16th president of Nigeria since 2023. He was previously the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic.
George Akume ; born 27 December 1953) is a Nigerian politician who is the 21st and current Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He served as Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs from 2019 to 2023, during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He was the Senator representing Benue North-West Senatorial District between 2007 and 2019. He was also the Minority Leader of the Senate from June 2011 to June 2015. He served as the Governor of Benue State from May 1999 to May 2007.
The University of Abuja, also known as UofA or UNIABUJA is a public university in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. It was established in January 1988 as a dual-mode university with the mandate to run conventional and distance learning programmes. Academic work began at the university in 1990 with the matriculation of its pioneer students.
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.
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, OFR is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
The Federal Court of Appeal of Nigeria is the intermediate Appellate Court of the Nigerian federal court system. The Court of Appeal of Nigeria decides appeals from the district courts within the federal judicial system, and in some instances from other designated federal courts and administrative agencies. As at 2010, there are 66 judges of the Nigerian courts of appeals authorized by the Senate. These judges are recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC), nominated by the President of Nigeria and confirmed by the Senate. There are currently seventy-two Nigerian courts of appeals across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. There are 12 in the North-Central, 10 in North-East, 10 in North-West, 10 in South-South, 9 in South-East and 11 in South Western Nigeria. The headquarter is located at Three Arms Zone, Abuja.
Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo, popularly known as Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who has served as the Chief Justice of Nigeria since 22 August 2024. She was appointed Chief Justice following the retirement of Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
Nnamdi Okwu Kanu is a British political activist known for advocating for the secession and independence of Biafra from Nigeria. He is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which he founded in 2012. The main aim of IPOB is to restore the defunct Republic of Biafra which existed in Nigeria's Eastern Region during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–1970.
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.
The 2023 Benue State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the governor of Benue State, concurrent with elections to the Benue 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 PDP Governor Samuel Ortom was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Hyacinth Alia — a suspended Catholic priest — gained the office for the APC by a 33% margin over PDP nominee House of Assembly Speaker Titus Uba.
Olukayode "Kayode" Abraham Ajulo, OON, is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, an arbitrator, tutor, orator and civil rights activist. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. and the Diocesan Registrar of the Anglican Communion, Church of Nigeria. He is the Honorable Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of Ondo State.
AzibaolaRobert, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), industrialist, lawyer, human and environmental rights advocate, founder of Zeetin Engineering Limited, managing director of Kakatar Group, Executive Vice President Preheat Energy, advocate of Tug of War and a receiver of Vanguard Personality award of the year. Robert studied law at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1995.
Events in the year 2023 in Nigeria.
The National Security Council is an advisory body to the President of Nigeria dealing with matters of national security. Meetings of members of the NSC are held in State House, Abuja, at the Council Chambers. It was created in 1976 by the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, after the failed coup by Buka Suka Dimka. The NSC, alongside the National Defence Council, are the two security advisory bodies in Nigeria.
Muhammad Dele Belgore is a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He was the 2011 Action Congress of Nigeria's (ACN) Kwara State governorship candidate in the 2011 Kwara State gubernatorial election. However he lost out to the PDP's Governorship candidate, Abdulfatah Ahmed who became the Governor of Kwara state. Belgore is a native of Ilorin in Kwara state.
Terseer Ugbor is the current member, House of Representatives for Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State. He is Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Environment and also the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Students Loans in Nigeria. He is also a Member of the House Standing committees on Aviation, Petroleum Midstream, Ecological Funds, Public Procurement, Steel Development, Public Service Matters and Poverty Alleviation.
Ali Ahmad is a Nigerian lawyer, scholar, and politician. Currently, he is a professor of law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. His academic career started in 1990 at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, and included positions at Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the University of Ilorin, and Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria. He has practiced law in Nigeria and New York City, United States.
Saliu Atawodi,Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), is a retired Air Vice Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force. Atawodi served as the chairman of the Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Security and Safety (PICOMSS) from its inception until its dissolution.The Federal Government disbanded PICOMSS following its refusal to merge with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), leading to a jurisdictional conflict over control of the nation's waterways.
Christopher Tarka is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume. He is the son of the 20th-century Nigerian politician Joseph Tarka.
National Inland Waterways Authority is the authorised agency in charge of inland water regulation in Nigeria. Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji is the Managing Director of NIWA. The agency works alongside other water regulating bodies such as Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC), and Waterways Assets Development Services (WADS) Limited to ensure safety protection of boats, ferries and their crews, as well as maintenance of water body. They are also responsible for sanctioning the illegal operations in inland waterways.
