Muhammadu Maccido Abubakar III,often shortened to Muhammadu Maccido,was the 19th Sultan of Sokoto in Nigeria. He was the son and primary aide to Siddiq Abubakar III (1903–1988) who had been the Sultan of Sokoto for 50 years.
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. The school is located along Gaskiya road in the Tukur -Tukur area of Zaria.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is a military university based in Kaduna,Nigeria that trains officer cadets for commissioning into one of the three services of the Nigerian Armed Forces:the Army,the Navy,and the Air Force. The duration of training at the Nigerian Defence Academy is five years.
Navy Captain Joseph Abulu was the first Military Administrator of Anambra State in Nigeria from 27 August 1991 to 1 January 1992 after the Enugu State had been split from the old Anambra during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Rasheed Adisa Raji was Military Administrator of Bauchi State in Nigeria from 14 September 1994 to 22 August 1996 and then of Sokoto State from 22 August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
Garba Mohammed was appointed Governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from August 1985 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Yakubu Mu'azu was Administrator of Sokoto State,Nigeria from 9 December 1993 to 22 August 1996.
Garba Duba is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general who was Governor of Bauchi State,Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo,and Administrator of Sokoto State from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari.
Alhaji Muhammadu Shehu Kangiwa was the first elected civilian governor of Sokoto State,Nigeria in the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic,holding office from October 1979 to November 1981. He represented the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). He was a popular governor,providing water,health care,agricultural input,education at all levels and transparent government.
Ahmed Rufai Sani Yerima is a Nigerian politician who was Governor of Zamfara State from May 1999 to May 2007,and served as Senator for Zamfara West and Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Chukwuemeka Ezeife was a Nigerian politician who was the governor of Anambra State in Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.
Colonel (retired) Robert (Bob) Nnaemeka Akonobi was appointed military governor of Anambra State,Nigeria,from December 1987 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Lawal Jafaru Isa is a retired Nigerian Army Brigadier General,and was the Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. In 1996,Isa created several chiefdoms for the southern Zaria or Kaduna people in order to improve peace in Kaduna State.
Ahmed Muhammad Maccido was elected Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State,Nigeria,taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Sambo Dasuki is a retired Nigerian military officer who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and briefly to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ibrahim Dasuki was the 18th Sultan of Sokoto,who was deposed in 1996 during the military government of Sani Abacha. Prior to becoming Sultan,he held the traditional title of Baraden Sokoto. Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the house of Dan Fodio. He was a close associate of Ahmadu Bello,a friend of Abubakar Gumi and was influential in the founding of Jama'atu Nasril Islam.
Abdussamad Dasuki is a Nigerian politician,economist and businessman. He served as the Commissioner of Finance in Sokoto State Government from 2019 to 2023 and served in the Nigerian House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019,representing Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency of Sokoto State. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) was established in 1973 at a national conference of Nigerian Muslim leaders in Kaduna under the auspices of Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI),the group for all the Islamic organisations in Northern Nigeria. In the South-West,prior to this conference,the first Muslim organisation to be formed after the 1960 Independence was the United Muslim Council (UMC),but was embraced by a few Muslims in the Western Zone for it was championed by the ruling political party. According to Adegbite,the emergence and coming together of the Western Joint Muslim Organisation (WESJOMO),the Najah Joint Muslim Organisation (NAJOMO) and the Nigerian Muslim Council (NMC) of Lagos State enabled the region to work hand-in-hand with the JNI to create in 1973 the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.
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