Jos is a city in the North-Central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town",it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. The city is situated on the Jos plateau which is lies within the Guinea Savannah of North-Central Nigeria. It connects most of the North-Eastern capitals to the Federal Capital Territory Abuja,by road. Driving in and out of Jos,traffic encounters very steep and windy bends and mountainous sceneries typical of the plateau,from which the state derives its name.
Plateau is a north central Nigerian state. It is located near the centre of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism". The state has a population of around 4.7 million people. Its capital city is Jos.
Bauchi is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Jigawa to the north,Yobe to the northeast,Gombe to the east,Taraba and Plateau to the south,Kaduna to the west and Kano to the northwest. It takes its name from the historic city of Bauchi,which also serves as its capital. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Gombe State,which became a distinct state in 1996.
The University of Jos,abbreviated as Unijos,is a federal university in Jos,Plateau State,central Nigeria.
Nenadi Esther Usman is a Nigerian politician and former federal Minister of Finance. She was elected senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing the Kaduna South Senatorial District in the April 2011 elections,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
Ishaya Mark Aku was a Nigerian Minister of Sports in the first cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He died in a plane crash in Northern Nigeria.
Lawrence Anebi Onoja was the military governor of Plateau State,Nigeria from 1986 to July 1988 and then of Katsina State until December 1989 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He later became Principal Staff Officer to General Sani Abacha,before being arrested for alleged involvement in a coup attempt. He retired from the army in 1998,and after the return to democracy in May 1999 with the Nigerian Fourth Republic entered into politics.
The Afizere people are an ethnic group in Nigeria that occupy Jos East,Jos North,parts of Jos South and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State and parts of Toro and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of Bauchi State,Nigeria. The Afizere are speakers of Izere language. The neighbors of the Afizere to the north are the Hausa and Jarawan Dass. To the east and southeast are the Zari,Zaar and Pyem. To the south and southwest are the Berom while the Irigwe and Bache lie to the west. Northwest of the Afizere are many ethnic groups,the closest of which are the Anaguta,Bujel,Ribina,Kayauri and Duguza;more distant ones include Buji,Gusu,Sanga,Jere,Amoa,and Lemoro.
The 2012 Nigeria floods began in early July 2012. It killed 363 people and displaced over 2.1 million people as of 5 November 2012. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),30 of Nigeria's 36 states were affected by the floods and the two most affected areas were Kogi and Benue States. The floods were termed as the worst in 40 years,and affected an estimated total of seven million people. The estimated damages and losses caused by the floods was N2.6 trillion.
Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye was born in 1940 in Plateau State in Northern Nigeria,and is a Nigerian geophysicist. She is the first female physics professor in Africa and her work in geophysics has played an important role in mining in Nigeria.
Sonni Gwanle Tyoden is a Nigerian professor of political science,educational administrator,and politician who served as the deputy governor of Plateau State from 2015 to 2023. He is a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos.
Esther Ibanga is a Nigerian pastor and founder of the "Women Without Walls Initiative". She won the 32nd Niwano Peace Prize for promoting peace among people of different ethnic groups and religions in Jos,Nigeria.
John Obafunwa is a Nigerian medical expert,pathologist,lawyer,author and former Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University.
Pauline Tallen OFR is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development from 2019 to 2023. She was appointed in 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari after turning down an ambassadorial nomination in 2015 on the grounds that she was not consulted prior to the announcement of the appointment and that she would not accept the offer for equal distribution of power among the three senatorial districts of her native state of plateau because she is from same local government as Governor Simon Lalong.
Solomon Selcap Dalung is a Nigerian lawyer,academic and politician who served as the Minister of Youth and Sports of Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2019. He has served in the Nigerian Prisons Service,the University of Jos as a lecturer and as Chairman of Langtang South Local Government in Plateau State.
Miriam Odinchezo Iruaku Ikejiani-Clark was a Nigerian Professor of Political Science at the University of Nigeria Nsukka,Enugu State,who also served as minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory.
Angela Freeman Miri is a Nigerian Professor who became the Vice Chancellor of Federal University,Lokoja in 2017. She is a professor of English and a published poet also.
Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who has served as the minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria since 2023. She was previously the commissioner for higher education in Kano State. She was appointed by the Governor of Kano State,Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim born on is an International Expert and thought leader in Security,Conflict Resolution,Humanitarian and Disaster Management,Development and Migration Governance. She is the former Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Former Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees,Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. She was appointed as the first female Minister of Police Affairs on August 2023. She is currently the Minister of Women Affairs in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) is a public research university located in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria. It was opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. The university has four colleges,three schools,18 faculties,110 academic departments,17 centres,and seven institutes with over 600 professors,about 3000 academic staff and over 7000 non-teaching staff. The university has over 400 postgraduate programmes reflecting its strife to become a postgraduate studies-centred university. The university operates from two campuses in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Zaria,the Samaru Campus where the Senate Building and most of the faculties are located and the Kongo Campus,hosting the faculties of Law and Administration. It has been adjudged to be the largest university in Sub-Saharan Africa,in terms of land occupied,owing to the numerous buildings it has.
