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Cabinet Of Ernest Shonekan
The Interim National Government was the government of Nigeria following the crisis of the Third Republic after General Ibrahim Babangida handed power over to Ernest Shonekan as interim Head of State on 27 August 1993. The largely powerless government was dissolved when General Sani Abacha seized power on 17 November 1993. History 12 June 1993 presidential election was won by Moshood Abiola. General Babangida annulled the election. This led to rioting, particularly in the south, which was harshly suppressed. Babangida announced that he would step down on 26 August 1993, and handed over to Ernest Shonekan as head of the Interim National Government (ING) on 27 August 1993. Shoenkan had a degree in law, had studied at the Harvard Business School in the US, and had held senior management positions in various companies. He was an Oloye of the Yoruba people and had been president of Babangida's Transitional Council. He was an unelected technocrat chosen in a deal between Babangida and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Nigeria
The coat of arms of Nigeria consists of a black shield with a wavy white Pall (heraldry), pall, symbolizing the meeting of the Niger River, Niger and Benue Rivers at Lokoja. The Shield (heraldry), black shield represents Nigeria's fertile soil, while the two supporters, supporting horses or chargers on each side represent dignity. The eagle represents strength, while the green and white twists of the torse on the top of the shield represent the rich soil. The red flowers at the base are ''Costus spectabilis'', Nigeria's national flower. This flower was chosen for inclusion in the coat of arms as it is found all over Nigeria and also stand for the beauty of the nation. On the banderole around the base is Nigeria's List of national mottos#N, national motto since 1978: "Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress" (formerly "Peace, Unity, Freedom"). Blazon Sable (heraldry), Sable a Pall (heraldry), Pall wavy argent, supported by two horses Argent, and set for a crest (heraldry), crest on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Etiebet
Chief Donald Dick Etiebet (1934 - 21 July 2015) was a Nigerian politician who was a senator during the Nigerian Second Republic (1979 - 1983). He was then elected governor of Cross River State with the support of the then Senate president Joseph Wayas and senator Joseph Oqua Ansa who all went against seating governor Clement Isong, Fidelis Ikogo Nnang was his deputy, holding this office from October to December 1983, when the military coup brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power. Etiebet was born in Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State, of Annang origins. He married Nike Maryam Agunbiade, from Oyo State in 1991, and they have three children. His younger brother Donatus ("Don") Obot Etiebet held office as Minister of Energy in the short-lived cabinet of Ernest Shonekan, continuing in office after that government was removed by General Sani Abacha, and later was a contender to be PDP nominee for governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2007. His son Aniekan Donald Etiebet was another contender ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Akpamgbo
Clement Akpamgbo, SAN was a Nigerian lawyer who was Attorney-General of the federation between 1991 and 1993 during Nigeria's failed transition from military to democratic government. Before his ministerial appointment, he was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association. In 1993, Akpamgbo sided with the camp that supported the suspension of presidential elections on June 12, 1993, basing his argument on an order from procured by the Arthur Nzeribe-led Association of a Better Nigeria from an Abuja High Court halting the conduct of the election. Akpamgbo became a Senior Advocate The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. "Senior Counsel" is used in current or former Commonwealth countries or jurisdictio ... in 1985, after twenty years of teaching and practicing law in the country. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Akpamgbo, Clement Date of death missing 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezekiel Yesufu
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet. In Judaism and Christianity, he is also viewed as the 6th-century BCE author of the Book of Ezekiel, which reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem, and the restoration to the land of Israel. The name Ezekiel means "God is strong" or "God strengthens". In the Bible The author of the Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, born into a priestly (kohen) lineage. Apart from identifying himself, the author gives a date for the first divine encounter which he presents: "in the thirtieth year". Ezekiel describes his calling to be a prophet by going into great detail about his encounter with God and four "living creatures" with four wheels that stayed beside the creatures. Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saidu Isa
Saidu is a town in Lhuntse District in northeastern Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous .... See also * Swat Museum References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umaru Baba
Umaru is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Umaru bin Ali (c. 1824 – 1891), Sultan of Sokoto *Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (born 1952), Nigerian businessman elected Governor of Nasarawa State, Nigeria *Umaru Argungu (born 1959), Senator for Kebbi North constituency of Kebbi State, Nigeria *Umaru Bago Tafida, 12th Emir, or traditional ruler of Lapai in Niger State, Nigeria *Umaru Bangura (born 1987), Sierra Leonean international footballer * Umaru Dahiru (born 1952), elected Senator for the Sokoto South constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria *Umaru Dikko (born 1936), Nigerian politician and was a trusted adviser to President Shehu Shagari *Umaru Mohammed, appointed Governor of North-Western State in Nigeria in July 1975 *Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010), the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State *Umaru Mutallab (born 1939), Nigerian business and banking leader, former minister of Economic Development *Sylvester Umaru Onu (born 1938), Nigerian judge *Umaru Pula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashir Dalhatu
Bashir Dalhatu (born 12 November 1949), titled Wazirin Dutse, is a Nigerian Chieftaincy, Nigerian aristocrat and statesman. Biography Bashir Dalhatu was born in Dutse on November 12, 1949. He attended Rumfa College, Kano from 1963 to 1967. In 1972, he received a bachelor's degree in law from the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, and was subsequently Call to the bar, called to the bar in 1973 before later studying law in London. He served in the Kano State Government, Government of Kano State in various ministries: the Kano State Ministry of Works and Survey and Ministry of Agriculture, before later becoming state counsel in the Ministry of Justice. He later founded a private practice B. M. Dalhatu & Co. in Kano. In 1993, Dalhatu served in the Cabinet of Ernest Shonekan, Interim National Government as the Secretary of Transport and Aviation. He also served in Sani Abacha's government as Federal Ministries of Nigeria, Minister of Power and Steel from 1993 to 1997; and Federal Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuforiji Olubi
Chief Bola Kuforiji-Olubi (September 28, 1936 – December 3, 2016) was a Nigerian traditional aristocrat, banker and federal minister of commerce. In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, she held that of the Otunba Ayora of Ijebu-Ode. Life Education and memberships Kuforiji-Olubi Bola was born on 28 September 1936. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi graduated from the University of London in 1963 with B. Sc. honours in Economics. She started her profession as a Grade two(II) Teacher at Zawan Girls Catholic Primary School, Jos, Plateau State and she became 1955 headmistress in at age 19. During her subsequent career, she became a fellow of the Institute of Charted Accountants, England and Wales in 1977, ICAN Nigeria in 1976, and the British chartered institute of company secretaries (ACIS) in 1964. She was also a member of both the Nigerian Institute of Management (FMIN) and the British Institute of Directors. she died on Saturday barely over two months after she clocked 80 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Adamu
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places * Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa *Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco *Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco *Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States *Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India **Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) **Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hass, Syria, a town in Idlib Governorate, Syria *Hasan, Ilam, a villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bola Afonja
Bola Afonja (born 21 February 1943) is a Nigerian politician. He was Minister of Labour under Ernest Shonekan, and was once a member of the board of trustees of the All Nigeria Peoples Party The All Nigeria Peoples Party (abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria. Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ... (ANPP). He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of First Bank plc, Nigeria's biggest commercial bank. He retired from the Board following his 70th birthday on 21 February 2013. References Living people 1943 births All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians Federal ministers of Nigeria {{Nigeria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uche Chukwumerije
Uche Chukwumerije , (11 January 1939 – 19 April 2015), popularly referred to as "Comrade Chukwumerije" because of his lifelong socialist beliefs, was elected a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in April 2003, representing Abia North Senatorial District. Early life Chukwumerije was born on 11 January 1939 in Ogoja, in present day Cross River State of Nigeria, to Sergeant Ogbonna Chukwumerije (popularly called Sarji) and his third wife Mrs Egejuru Chukwumerije, both hailing from Isuochi in present day Abia State of Nigeria. He was the 4th of his mother's eight children: Daniel, Roland, Ahamefula (Joe), Ucheruaka, Ifeyinwa, Rosa, Ochi, Onyekozuoro (Onyex). Education He attended Methodist Central School, Nkwoagu, Isuochi, Abia State, 1943-52; Our Lady's High School, Onitsha, 1953-57; University College Ibadan, 1958-61, where he majored in Economics; Faith Bible College, Sango-Ota, 1991-92. Early career Head Features Desk, DailyTimes, 1961; News Desk, Nigerian Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Kogbara
Ignatius is a male given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Religious * Ignatius of Antioch (35–108), saint and martyr, Apostolic Father, early Christian bishop * Ignatius of Constantinople (797–877), Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint, Patriarch of Constantinople * Ignatios the Deacon (780/790 – after 845), Byzantine bishop and writer * Ignatius, Primate of Bulgaria in 1272–1277 * Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867), Russian Orthodox saint, bishop and ascetical writer * Ignatius of Jesus (1596–1667), Italian Catholic missionary friar * Ignatius of Laconi (1701–1781), Italian Catholic saint * Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), Basque Catholic saint and founder of the Society of Jesus * Ignatius of Moscow (1540–1620), Russian Orthodox Patriarch * Ignatius Moses I Daoud (or Moussa Daoud) (1930–2012), Syrian Catholic Patriarch * Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (born 1933), Syriac Orthodox Patriarch * Ignatius III Atiyah, 17th-century Melkit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
