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Bala Achi
Bala Achi (2 December 1956 – 5 April 2005) was a renowned Niɡerian historian, writer and academician. Early life and education Bala Achi was born into the family of Achi Kanan and Zuciya Achi on 2 December 1956. He was the third child of the family. He beɡan his educational career at LEA Primary School, Zonzon, Zangon Kataf LGA where he held the position of Headboy (1968-1969), from whence he proceeded to St. John's Colleɡe (later called Rimi Colleɡe), in Kaduna after obtaininɡ a First School Leavinɡ Certificate in 1969, for his secondary school education, where he also was President of the Fellowship of Christian Students (FCS) from 1973 till his ɡraduation with a West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1974. Afterwards, he ɡot admitted into the Colleɡe of Arts and Sciences (CAS), in Zaria and after completinɡ that first A-level hurdle with an Independent Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) Certificate in 1976, advanced for a deɡree in Ahmadu Bello University (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonzon
Zonzon is a district and a village community in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. The postal code for the area is 802138. Settlements Achi et al (2019) p. 11 The following are some major settlements in Zonzon district include: * Apyia Babum * Aza Akat * Chen Akoo * Fabwang (H. Ung. Tabo) * Kati (H. Wawa-Rafi) * Mabukhwu * Makunanshyia * Makutsatim * Manyi Sansak * Mashan * Masong * Mawuka * Mawukili * Sakum * Taligan (I, II) * Zonzon Demographics The people of Zonzon district are primarily Atyap people, with settlers from other parts of Nigeria in its major towns. Notable people * Engr. Andrew Yakubu Laah, engineer * Atyoli Bala Achi (late), historian, writer * Agwam Dominic Gambo Yahaya (KSM), Agwatyap III * AVM Ishaya Aboi Shekari (rtd.), military officer See also * Atyap chiefdom * Jei District * Kanai, Nigeria * List of villages in Kaduna State This is a list of villages and settlements in Kaduna State, Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musawa
Musawa is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Musawa. It has an area of and a population of 171,714 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ... of the area is 833. References Local Government Areas in Katsina State {{katsina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmadu Bello University Faculty
Ahmadu can refer to: Several leaders of the West African Massina Empire: * Seku Amadu (1773–1845), Islamic sheikh and founder of the Massina Empire * Amadu II of Masina (r. 1845–1852), his son * Amadu III of Masina (1852–1862), his grandson Other persons: * Ahmadu Tall Ahmadou Sekou Tall (June 21, 1836 – December 15, 1897) (also Ahmadu Sekou, Ahmad al-Madani al-Kabir at-Tijani) was a Toucouleur ruler ( Laamdo Dioulbé) of the Toucouleur Empire (1864–92) and (Faama) of Ségou (now Mali) from 1864 to 1884. A ... or Ahmadu Seku (1864–1892), the last independent Toucouleur ruler before the arrival of French colonial rule * Ahmadu Bello, the first Premier of Northern Nigeria {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toure Kazah-Toure
Toure Kazah-Toure (1959 - 1 July 2017) was a Nigerian academic, activist, and pan-Africanist. His admiration for founding Guinean president, Ahmed Sékou Touré, led to his adoption of the name "Toure". He was a history lecturer and researcher at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria, with a number of publications in his name. Early life Kazah-Toure, born in 1959 in Atyapland, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now part of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria), was the son of Kazah Yashim, the second Atyap formally-trained teacher and first person from Southern Kaduna to be appointed at the District Council (of the defunct Northern Region) in 1954. He came from a mixed Christian and Muslim family, with his dad being a Christian and a few other family members being Muslims, 12 of whom were killed in the 1992 Zangon Kataf crises, the aftermath of which he, himself, became a Muslim. Working career He lectured with the History department of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Yahaya
Dominic Gambo Yahaya (born January 10, 1950) is the current monarch of Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also known by the title ''Agwatyap III''. Early life and education Yahaya was born in Taligan, Atyapland, ''in the defunct'' Northern Region, British Nigeria (now southern Kaduna State, Nigeria) on 10 January 1950. He began his educational career in 1958, attending St. Pius' (now LEA) Primary School, Taligan (Magamia) between 1958 and 1964; St. Mary's (now Government) Secondary School, Fadan Kaje between 1965 and 1969; Barewa College, Zaria between 1970 and 1971; and then proceeded for an advanced level education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between 1972 and 1975, where he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hon.), Second Class Upper Division in Geography and between 1977 and 1979, obtained an M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from the same institution. He has also attended several courses, workshops and seminars at home in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Philips
John Edward Philips (born 1952) is an American historian. He is a retired Professor of International Society, Hirosaki University of Japan, with many works on African history. After taking his PhD in history at UCLA in 1992, he taught at several universities in Japan, especially Hirosaki University (1997-2018) and Akita Keizaihoka University (1988-1997). Since retiring in 2018, he has been an adjunct professor in several universities in Nigeria. Regarding ''Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa: A Comparative Study'' (2000), reviewer Linda S. Northrup states: "This volume constitutes a rich resource for the study of slavery and slave elites....the research may extend well beyond the interests of historians, for the study of this phenomenon may have implications for understanding the roots of instability in the Islamic world today." His edited book ''Writing African History'' (2005), was named a ''Choice'' Outstanding Academic Title in 2006. Copies are held in over 600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Yakubu
Andrew Laah Yakubu (born 10 September 1955) is a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was given the appointment by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 201He and the management team were relieved of their appointments to strengthen the on-going reforms in NNPC by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in July 2014 and Joseph Dawha was named as his successor in August 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18606614] Life Yakubu was born on September 10, 1955, in Mawukili, Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region (now in southern |
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
NNPC Limited is a for profit oil company in Nigeria. Formerly a government-owned corporation, it was transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company in July 2022. NNPC Limited is the only entity licensed to operate in the country's petroleum industry. It partners with foreign oil companies to exploit Nigeria's fossil fuel resources. History NNPC was established on 1 April 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Resources. NNPC by law manages the joint venture between the Nigerian federal government and a number of foreign multinational corporations, which include Royal Dutch Shell, Agip, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Texaco (now merged with Chevron). Through collaboration with these companies, the Nigerian government conducts petroleum exploration and production. In 2007, the head of the Nigerian wing of Transparency International said salaries for NNPC workers were too low to prevent g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atyap People
The Atyap people (Tyap: ''A̱tyap'', singular: ''A̱tyotyap''; Hausa exonym: ''Kataf'', ''Katab'') are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages. Origins Archeoloɡical material evidence The Atyap occupy part of the Nok cultural complex in the upper Kaduna River valley, famous for its terra-cotta figurines. Several iron smeltinɡ sites have been located in Atyap area. Most of these were found in the area of ''Gan'' and nearby settlements. The remains include slag, tuyeres and furnaces. In two sites in the ''Ayid-ma-pama'' (Tyap: ''A̱yit Mapama'') on the banks of the ''Sanchinyirian'' stream and banks of ''Chen Fwuam'' at ''Atabad Atanyieanɡ'' (Tyap: ''A̱ta̱bat A̱ta̱nyeang'') the slaɡ and tuyeres remains were particularly abundant in hiɡh heaps. This cateɡory of information is complemented by shallow caves and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamani Lekwot
Zamani Lekwot (born 19 July 1944) in Jankasa, is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the military governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from July 1975 to July 1978 during the military administration of Generals Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. Lekwot is an Atyap, born in Kaduna State in 1944. Military career Lekwot attended the prestigious Nigerian Military School for his secondary education before he entered the army on July 11, 1962, and attended the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna and the Indian Military Academy, gaining his commission on 14 July 1966. He was a company commander in the 6th Battalion when it took part in the battle that caused the fall of Bonny on 26/27 July 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War. He was the Commander, 33 Infantry Brigade, Maiduguri in 1975 before he assumed the Military Governorship of Rivers State. During his military career, Lekwot also served as Commandant of the Nigeria Defence Academy, General Officer Commanding 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
