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Major General Muhammadu Buhari RTD,

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Major General Muhammadu Buhari RTD, Career: Joined the military, 1962; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1963; Platoon Commander 2nd Infantry Brigade, Abeokuta; Commander 2nd Infantry Battalion 1965-67; appointed Brigade Major, 2 Sector 1st Infantry Division, April 1967; Brigade Major and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade, 1970-71; Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Infantry Division Headquarters, 1971-72; Military Governor North-Eastern State (Borno State); Federal Commissioner f or Petroleum and Energy, 1976-78; Chairman, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation; General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3rd Armoured Division, Jos, 1981-83; Head of State and Commander in Chief, Nigerian Armed Forces, 1984-85; overthrown in August 1985 and made to retire from the Army; released on 13 December, 1988, after 40 months in detention; ran unsuccesfully for the Presidency in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Date of Birth: 17/12/1942 Place of Birth: Katsina State Education: Nigerian Military Training

List of Kano State Governors

List of Governors of Kano State This is a list of administrators and governors of Kano state. Kano State was formed in 1967-05-27 when the Northern region was split into Benue-Plateau, Kano, Kwara, North-Central, North- Eastern  and North-Western states. Name Title Took Office Left Office Party Notes Commissioner of Police, Audu Bako May 1967 July 1975 Military Governor Colonel Sani Bello Military Governor July 1975 Sept 1978 Military Group Captain Ishaya Shekari Military Governor Sept 1978 Oct 1979 Military Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi Governor Oct 1979 May 1983 PRP Alhaji Abdu Dawakin Tofa Governor May 1983 Oct 1983 PRP Alhaji Sabo Bakin ZuwoGovernorOct 1983 Dec 1983 PRP Air Commodore Hamza Abdullahi Governor Jan 1984Aug 1985 Military Governor Colonel. Ahmed Muhammad Daku Military Governor Aug 1985 1987 Military Group Captain Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru Military Governor December 198727 July 1988 Military Colonel Idris Garba Military Governor Aug 1988 Jan 1992 Militar

History of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Tarihin Mai Martaba Sarkin Kano Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. An haifi Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi a jahar Kano dake arewacin Nigeria a ranar 31 ga watan Yuli a shekarar 1961. Ya samu digirinsa na farko a fannin tsimi da tanadi da kuma fannin shari'ar musulunci daga Jami'ar Amadu Bello dake zaria da kuma Jami'ar Khartoum dake Sudan. Bayan ya koyar da tsimi da tanadi tsawon shekaru biyu a jami'ar Ahmadu Bello dake Zaria, sai ya soma aikin banki a shekarar 1985 tare da Icon Limited, daga bisani kuma yai aiki tare da bankin UBA da kuma First Bank. Ya kai matsayin Babban Darakta a bankin First bank wanda shine banki mafi girma a Nigeria a watan Janairun shekarar 2009, daga bisani kuma aka nada shi gwamnan babban bankin Nigeria na 10 a watan Yunin shekarar 2009. Sai dai Shugaban Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan ya dakatar da shi daga matsayin Gwamnan a ranar 20 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 2014 bayan da aka zarge shi da sakaci wajen harkar kudi Kafin a dakatar da

History of Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero

TARIHIN (Margayi Alhaji Dr. Ado Bayero) An haifi marigayi sarkin Kano Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero a watan Yuli na shekarar 1930. Mahaifin sa shi ne Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero wanda yayi sarautar Kano tsawon shekaru 27. Bayan karatun Kur'ani da ya yi a gida ya yi karatun primary ta gidan sarki da ke kofar Kudu a shekarun 1937, sanna ya halarci makarantar middle school wadda aka fi sani a yanzu da Rumfa College, inda daga nan ya halarci makarantar koyon harshen larafci ta S.A.S wadda ya kammala a 1947. A shekarar 1947 ne ya fara aiki a bankin Africa na Birtaniya wanda aka fi sani da First Bank a yanzu, sannan ya koma aiki a NA (Native Authority) a 1949 a matsayin magatakarda. A 1952 kuma ya je karin ilimi a makarantar koyon gudanar da mulki dake Kongo a Zaria. Bayan dawowar sa Kano ne ya fara aiki a matsayin babban magatakarda a Native Authourity. An zabi Alhaji Ado Bayero a matsayin dan majalisa mai wakilitar Kano a Majalisar dokoki ta Kaduna a 1954, inda ya zauna ha

Brief History of Ado Bayero

ALLAH YA KYAUTATA KWANCIYA. Sarkin Kano Ado Bayero, Ya rasu yabar "Yaya 62, Maza 30 Mata 32 . Ga su nan;- 1.Alh. Sunusi Ado Bayero (Chiroman Kano. Hakimin Gwale) 2. Alh. Aminu Abdu Ado Bayero (Sarkin Dawakin tsakargida. Hakimi Dala) 3. Alh. Nasiru Ado Bayero (Turakin Kano Hakimin Nassarawa) 4. Alh. Ahmad Ado Bayero (Dan Buran Kano Hakimin Kumbotso) 5. Alh. Duniya ba hut.shir Ado Bayero (Dan Lawan Kano Hakimin Fagge) 6. Alh. Mahmoud Ado Bayero (Dan Darman Kano Hakimin Fagge) 7. Alh. Ibrahim Ado Bayero (Dan Ruwatan Kano Hakimin Sumaila) 8 Alh. Shehu Ado Bayero Atika 9. Alh. Abdullahi Ado Bayero Alhaji 10. Alh. Bello Ado Bayero San Turankin Kano Hakimin Kunci 11. Alh. Ali Ado Bayero Lee 12. Alh. Abbas Ado Bayero Maje 13. Alh. Inuwa Ado Bayero Babah 14. Alh Usman Ado Bayero B.K 15. Alh. Kabiru Ado Bayero Babah Barde 16. Alh. Umar Ado Bayero Baban Sokoto 17. Alh. Tijjani Ado Bayero Lima 18. Alh. Auwalu Ado Bayero Suttura 19. Alh. Ado

the Biography of Alh Abdullahi Ado Bayero

RIP: 8 things you should know about the late Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero Party PoliticsJun 6, 2014Reports reaching us this morning say that Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero, 13th Fulani Emir of Kano, is dead. We commiserate with his family, the good people of Kano and Nigerians on this loss.We present 10 things you should know about this leader.Ado Bayero was born on the 25th of July, 1930, the eleventh child of his father, and second child of his mother.A holder of man y honorary doctorate degrees, he was educated up to college level, studying Islam, studied Islam, studied at the School of Arabic Studies and then Zaria Clerical College, where he finished from in 1952.He ascended the throne in October 1963 (aged 33), during Nigeria’s first republic, and is one of the longest-serving emirs in the emirate’s history, marking 50 years of his reign in 2013. He was Nigeria’s ambassador to Senegal at the time.Ado Bayero was once suspended by Muhammadu Buhari because he

Emergency: Military Wants 3 Govs Suspended

The Security Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday would consider suspending the governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, with a view to imposing total emergency rule. This would entail the suspension of all democratic structures in the affected states, should the idea sail through. Officially, the emergency rule ended at the weekend, but the military authorities have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to extend it, since the war against the insurgency is far from over. According to a top ranking officer in the military, the security chiefs had indicted some top politicians and elite in the Northeast, for sabotaging the ongoing operations against the insurgents and wanted the governors and Houses of Assembly in the affected states suspended while the operations lasted. “The politicians and elite, including the governors in those states, are working against our programme; their unguarded utterances are daring the insurgents. They seem to have known the agenda of

Insecurity: FG Has Failed – JIBWIS Nat. Chairman Shaikh Bala Lau

The National Chairman of Jamaatul Izalatil Bidia Waikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheik Abdullahi Bala Lau, yesterday, decried federal government’s failure in confronting insecurity even as he urged muslims to engaged in prayers. Addressing journalists on Sunday, Lau said “we are in a bad era of leadership in the country and only prayers can solve the problem since the Government has failed most especially in handling security.” Sheikh Lau decried the total deterioration of security particularly in the Northern part of the country and insisted that the only way out was for Muslims in the country to engage in serious prayers and fasting to rescue the country from collapse. He said the “sit and look” attitude of the federal government towards the recent kidnap of over 100 female students in Chibok town of Borno state was an indication of failed government. The JIBWIS chairman said most of the killings in the Northern part of the country were an agenda to destroy entire Mus

Nigeria’s Cement Independence is Possible in 2012

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07 Feb 2012 The newly appointed Chairman of Ashaka Cement Plc, a subsidiary of Lafarge, Umaru Kwairanga, has declared that it is possible for Nigeria to attain self-sufficiency status in cement production in 2012. Kwairanga said, with concerted efforts being made by cement manufacturing companies towards capacity improvement, both Government and the industry’s target of attaining self-sufficiency in cement production this year is elusive, but “it is possible Minister of  Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga By Crusoe Osagie  and achievable”. On the part of AshakaCem, the Chairman said that presently the company contributes about five per cent of the cement needed in Nigeria. He also revealed expansion plans by the company to increase its present production capacity from 1 million tonnes to 1.3 million tonnes per year. He added that the company is also targeting an increase in its market share beyond the current 5 per cent. The new board chairman com

In search of credible leaders for Gombe State

There has been a desperate horse trading involving Governor Danjuma Goje to anoint a successor. Everyone knows that Goje’s decision to anoint a successor is not based on the competence of the person to lead the people of Gombe but for his continued protection and soft landing after leaving office. I read several newspapers in recent times with different analysis of those likely to succeed Gov. Goje in 2011. Some of these names that are repeatedly mentioned are: Usman Bayero, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Tawar Wada, Inuwa Yahaya, Dasuki Jalo-Waziri, Arabs Rukuje, Ahmed Walama, Abdullahi Idris, Habu Mu’azu and Faruk Bamusa. Of all these names only Habu Mu’azu is said to be the one that can face Goje anyday, anytime and anywhere. None of the others has shown seriousness apart from Mu’azu because they are all waiting for Gov. Goje to say be before they act. Some of those waiting to contest for the elections are oiling their machinery well in advance. I will attempt an analysis on so