Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian statesman who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian Army major general,he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985,after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état. The term Buharism is used to describe the authoritarian policies of his military regime.
Katsina State is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State borders the Republic of Niger to the north for 250 km and the States of Jigawa for 164 km and Kano to the east,Kaduna to the south for 161 km and Zamfara to the west. States. Nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality",both the state capital and the town of Daura have been described "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning" in Nigeria.
Mohammed Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso,FNSE FNIQS is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Kano state from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003,he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background,from 2003 to 2007,under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015,serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kano Central Senatorial District.
Bashir Salihi Magashi is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the defence minister of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He served as governor of Sokoto State from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida,and as commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy from 1998 to 1999.
Hameed Ibrahim Ali is a retired army officer and former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Military Governor of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. After retirement,he became Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum a political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria.
Afakriya Aduwa Gadzama mni OFR is a Nigerian security officer who is the current Chairman of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies. He previously served as Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) under President Umaru Yar'Adua from August 2007 until September 2010.
Sambo Dasuki is a retired Nigerian military officer who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and briefly to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit,established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger.
Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. As of 2024,he is the second richest man in Nigeria. His late father,Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu,was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group,a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing,infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI).
Tukur Yusuf Burataipsc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general,former Chief of Army Staff,and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command,administrative,and instructional appointments.
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakinpsc(+) GSS CMH fwc is a retired Nigerian Army general,former Chief of Defence Staff,and current Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon. He was appointed to the position of Chief of Defence Staff on 13 July 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned from office on 29 January 2021.
Mansur Muhammad Dan Ali is a retired Nigerian Army brigadier general and former Minister of Defence of Nigeria appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2015.
Boss Mustapha is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) of Nigeria from 2017 to 2023,and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
Matthew Seiyefa MNI was the Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service from 7 August 2018 until 14 September 2018;he was appointed by Acting President,Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Mal Aminu Ado Bayero,was the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan. He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020,following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. He is the chancellor of the University of Calabar.
The News Diary is a daily online newspaper in Abuja,Nigeria published by Newsdiary Communication Limited (NCL).
Peoples Gazette is a Nigerian online newspaper based in Abuja. It launched in 2020. The online medium is notable for its investigative journalism,among other fields.
The 1999 Kano State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9,1999. People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso won the election,defeating All People's Party (APP) Magaji Abdullahi and other candidates.
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) is a Nigerian federal agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment (Nigeria),established to address land degradation and desertification,boost food security and support communities to adapt to climate change in the Nigerian states of Sokoto,Kebbi,Kastina,Zamfara,Kano,Jigawa,Bauchi,Gombe,Yobe,Borno,and Adamawa. The NAGGW serves as the Nigerian focal point for the actualisation of the vision of the African Union’s Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel project. The mission of the NAGGW is to halt and reverse land degradation,prevent depletion of biological diversity,ensure that by 2025,ecosystems are resilient to climate change and continue to provide essential services that would contribute to human welfare and poverty eradication.
Abdullahi Baffa Bichi is a Nigerian academician and politician who served as the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund from 2016 to 2019. He was also appointed as the Secretary to the State Government of Kano State in 2023 by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
