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Ishaya Hassan
Ishaya may refer to: * Ishaya Mark Aku (died 2002), Nigerian Minister of Sports * Ishaya Audu (1927–2005), Nigerian doctor, professor, and politician * Matthew Ishaya Audu (born 1959), Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church * Ishaya Bako (born 1986), Nigerian film director and screenwriter * Ishaya Bakut (1947–2015), Military Governor of Benue State in Nigeria * Ishaya Bamaiyi, GCON (born 1949), retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant General and former Chief of Army Staff *Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia (1906–1985), Assyrian author, writer, and poet * Ishaya Ibrahim (1952–2022), the 18th Chief of the Nigerian Naval Staff *Tanko Ishaya, Nigerian professor of computer science, vice chancellor of the University of Jos *William Ishaya Dr. William Ishaya is an Iraqi diplomat and is currently the Deputy Permanent Representative - Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York. Ishaya was born to Assyrian parents Ishaya Odisho and Ester Odisho (daughter of the ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Mark Aku
Ishaya Mark Aku (died 4th May 2002) was a Nigerian Minister of Sports in the first cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He died in a plane crash in Northern Nigeria. Background Aku was born in Bassa local government area of Plateau State to the late paramount ruler of the Rukuba chiefdom and qualified as a water engineer. He entered the Plateau State civil service, where he held various positions, and was a permanent secretary when appointed Sports Minister. His predecessor as Sports Minister, Damishi Sango, was his kinsman. Sports Minister Aku was appointed Sports Minister in February 2001. He reorganized the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) to become a semi-independent body that relied less on government funding. He disbanded the Super Eagles, the National team, after they performed poorly at the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali. He was appointed head of the Supreme Council of Sports in Africa. Working with Chief Patrick Ekeji of the Sports Ministry, Aku started to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Audu
Ishaya Sha'aibu Audu (1 March 1927 – 29 August 2005) was a Nigerian doctor, professor, and politician. A Kattafawa, Christian, he served as Minister of External Affairs (Foreign Minister) from 1979 to 1983 under Shehu Shagari. Early life, education, and career in academia Audu was born on March 1, 1927 in Anchau, a village near Zaria, Kaduna State, to a father who had converted from Islam to Christianity. Initially educated at St. Bartholomew’s School in Wusasa, he moved to Yaba Higher College in Lagos and then to University College, Ibadan (renamed University of Ibadan) in 1948. In 1951, he left for the University of London in England, where he stayed until 1954. In 1955, he studied at the University of Liverpool (also in England). It was in 1958 that he married his wife, Victoria, with whom he would father six children. Audu lectured in Internal Medicine at the University of Lagos in 1962 and was promoted to the position of Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ishaya Audu
Matthew Ishaya Audu (born 1959 in Rafin Pa) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Jos since 2020. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafia in 2000. He was appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos in 2020. Early life and education Audu was born in 1959. He attended St. James Minor Seminary in Keffi, then completed his philosophical and theological studies at the St Augustine Major Seminary in Jos. Career in the Catholic church Audu was ordained a Catholic priest of Makurdi diocese in June, 1984. He served as assistant parish priest in Keffi (1984–86); assistant parish priest in Lafia (1986–88); parish priest of Nasarawa (1988–89); studies Moral Theology in Rome at the Institute of Moral Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University, Licentiate (1989–91); and Professor of Moral Theology and Vice-Rector of the Major Seminary of St Thomas Aquinas, Makurdi (1992–97). He studied for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Bako
Ishaya Bako (born 30 December 1986) is a Nigerian film director and screenwriter. Early life He was born in Kaduna, where he lived all his life and later moved to London, where he studied at the London Film School. Career After attending the London Film School, Bako went on to script and direct the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)-winning ''Braids on a Bald Head''. He won the Best Short Film Awards at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards. He is an emerging voice of his generation and a member of a select few Global Shapers, a collection of enterprising youths initiated by the World Economic Forum. His film, '' Fuelling Poverty'', a documentary on poverty and fuel subsidy in Nigeria, is narrated by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. He lives in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. His film ''The Royal Hibiscus Hotel'' was screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. He also was one of the writers for the movie Lionheart (2018 film). See also * List of Nigerian actors * List of Nige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Bakut
Ishaya Bakut (16 August 1947 – 21 March 2015) was Military Governor of Benue State in Nigeria from September 1986 to December 1987 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. He was Field Commander in Liberia of the ECOMOG West African multinational force from September 1991 to December 1992. Birth and education Ishaya Bakut was born on 16 August 1947 in Kurmi-Bi, Zonkwa in Kachia LGA in Kaduna State. He attended Government College, Kaduna (1961–1965) on a Shell BP Scholarship. In 1966 he went to the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, graduating in March 1969, when he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1971–1975) where he earned a BSc Engineering. He attended the United States School of Engineering (1977–1978), the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1979–1980) and the National Defence College, New Delhi in 1985 where he obtained his MSc Early military career He was a Company and Battalion Commander in the Infant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Bamaiyi
Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi, (born 21 September 1949) is a retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant general and former Chief of Army Staff. His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi, former Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Background and education He was born in Kebbi State Northwestern Nigeria. He was Short serviced commissioned into the Nigerian Army infantry Corps in 1968 as a member of SSC 4 he attended the following courses: * Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, 1968 * Young Officers infantry Course 1971 * Advanced Infantry Company Commanders Course, UK, 1976 * Command and General Staff College United States 1981-82 * International Management Course, USA, 1986 * Snr. Executive Course, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos. 1992 Military career General Bamaiyi prior to becoming the Chief of Army Staff held the following posts: * Adjutant. 182 Infantry Battalion. 1968-70 * Commanding Officer 70 Infantry Battalion, 1972–77 * Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia
Ishaya Shamasha David Bet-Zia (also known as Ishaya Shamasha Dawid) (1906December 20, 1985) was an Assyrian author, writer, and poet. He wrote a number of books as well as for various Assyrian publications. His most prominent work was a 900-page tome entitled ''Tasheeta d-Betnahrayn Ashur-Bavel.'' Biography Ishaya Shamasha Dawid Bet-Zia was born in 1906 in the village of Rahimabad to Shamasha Dawid, a deacon in the Chaldean Catholic Church, and Khinneh, both of whom were from the nearby village of Gavilan. While his entire immediate and extended family was massacred in the Assyrian genocide, he and his mother managed to survive after they hid in a barn. After eventually fleeing to the Russian Empire and then Hamadan, he and his mother moved to Baghdad. During his time in Iraq, he became inspired to become a writer after having visited Assyrian ruins on a trip to Nineveh in 1929. He wrote for ''Ator'' magazine, among others. He lived in Iraq for over twenty years until he event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishaya Ibrahim
Ishaya Iko Ibrahim (19 September 1952 – 4 January 2022) was the 18th Chief of the Nigerian Naval Staff. He was flag officer commanding Naval training command and Naval western command before his appointment as Chief of Naval Staff in August 2008. Background and early life Admiral Ibrahim was born in Jaba local government in Kaduna State. He spent and grew up in Kwoi where he had his primary education. He finished his secondary education in S.I.M Secondary School in Kagoro. He Joined the Navy as a member of the 14th regular combatant course. Career Rear Admiral I.I Ishaya Served as the Chairman Board of Directors, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Lokoja Admiral Ibrahim served on board several ships, He was the deputy defence attaché in Cotonou Cotonou (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanko Ishaya
Tanko Ishaya is a Nigerian Professor of Computer Science and the vice chancellor of the University of Jos. He was elected into office in December 2021. Early life and career Ishaya obtained a bachelor of science in Mathematics Education from the University of Jos in 1992 and began to teach Mathematics at the College of Agriculture, Zuru, Kebbi State. He completed a Masters Degree in Computation at the University of Manchester in 1997. and completed a Ph.D. in Computing Studies in 2001. After a period of years lecturing at the University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ... (Scarborough Campus), he returned to Jos, where he was later promoted to a Professor of Computer Science in 2012. References Alumni of the University of Manchester Academic staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ishaya
Dr. William Ishaya is an Iraqi diplomat and is currently the Deputy Permanent Representative - Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United Nations in New York. Ishaya was born to Assyrian parents Ishaya Odisho and Ester Odisho (daughter of the late Rev. Odisho Bet-Benyamin of St. Matthew Church in Sarsing, northern Iraq). He has 4 siblings: Gewargis, Christina, Marina and Ogen. He spent his youth living at the K3 station in Haditha, while his father was employed at IPC ( Iraq Petroleum Company). Later in his teenage years, he moved to Baghdad where he completed his post-graduate degree as a Veterinarian Surgeon at The University of Baghdad in 1980. While attending school in Baghdad, he married his Wife Victoria Borto in 1979. In 1980, he had his first child Ninos, which was later followed by the birth of Atour in 1982 and the youngest Banipal in 1984. Because of his affiliation with The Iraqi Peoples Uprising in March 1991, his father was assassinated by Iraqi Intelligenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
