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List Of Education Ministers Of Nigeria
The following people acted as Education Ministers of Nigeria, including Ministers of State for Education: * Aja Nwachukwu (1958 to 1965) * Richard Akinjide (1965 to 1967) * Wenike Briggs (1967 to 1970) * A. Y. Eke (1970 to 1975) * Ahmadu Ali (1975 to 1978) * G. B. Leton (1978 to 1979) * Sylvester Ugoh (1979 to 1982) * Bala Usman (1979 to 1982) * Elizabeth Iyase (1979 to 1982) * I. C. Madubuike (1982 to 1983) * L. A. Bamigbaiye (1982 to 1983) * Sunday Afolabi (September to December 1983) * Alhaji Y. Abdullahi (1984 to 1985) * Alhaji Ibrahim (1985) * Jubril Aminu (1985 to 1989) * Babs Fafunwa (1990 to 1992) * Ben Nwabueze (January 1993 to August 1993) * A. I. Imogie (January 1993 to November 1993) * Alhaji Dongodaji (January 1993 to January 1994) * Iyorchia Ayu (January 1994 to February 1995) * Wada Nas (January 1995 to February 1995) * M. T. Liman (February 1995 to December 1997) * Iyabo Anisulowo (February 1997 to December 1997) * Dauda Birmah (December 1997 to Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard (Nigeria)
''Vanguard'' is a daily newspaper published by Vanguard Media, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Vanguard Media was established in 1984 by veteran journalist Sam Amuka-Pemu with three friends. The paper has an online edition. It is one of the few newspapers in Nigeria considered independent from political control, the others being This Day, The Punch, The Sun and The Guardian. In June 1990, the paper was briefly suspended by Col. Raji Rasaki, Military Governor of Lagos State. In December 2008, the US-based ''Pointblanknews.com'' published a story that alleged the wife of the publisher of Vanguard Newspapers was involved in a ritual killing. ''The Vanguard'' took the reporter to court, claiming he was attempting extortion. In December 2009, a Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iyabo Anisulowo
Iyabo Veronica Anishulowo (née Ajibogun) is a Nigerian educator and elder stateswoman who served the Federal Government of Nigeria at many levels, she is one of the most prominent female political personalities and proponents of gender equality in Africa. She rose through the ranks from grass root level as a teacher to serve as a Federal Minister and Senator. Iyabo Anisulowo is described a Liberal Conservative because of her pro-family values and feminine independence through universal quality education stance when she served in the Senate, she is an 'Afropolitan Feminist'. State politics Anishulowo joined politics in 1991 when she was appointed Secretary to the Local Government in Ogun State. A year later, she became the Commissioner of the Ogun State Civil Service Commission. She also served as Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Resources and Minister of State for Education during General Sanni Abacha's regime. She however left the State Ministry for Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayadi Abba Ruma
Seydi ( fa, صیدی, also Romanized as Şeydī, Şayādī, and Şayyādī; also known as Şeyd and Şayyād) is a village in Jam Rural District, in the Central District of Jam County, Bushehr Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 482, in 100 families. References Populated places in Jam County {{Jam-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oby Ezekwesili
Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili (born 28 April 1963) is an economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency, accountability, good governance and human capital development, a humanitarian and an activist. She is a former vice president for the World Bank's Africa region, co-founder and founding director of Transparency International, co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement and has served twice as Federal Minister in Nigeria. She is also the founder of #FixPolitics Initiative, a research-based citizen-led initiative, the School of Politics Policy and Governance (SPPG), and Human Capital Africa. She is a member of the board of directors of Women Political Leaders, a member of the board of trustees Fundacao Dom Cabral, and the chairperson of the board Ehizua Hub. Ezekwesili is also a chartered accountant, public analyst, and senior economic advisor from Anambra state. Early life Ezekwesili was born in Lagos state to Benjamin Ujubuonu, who died in 1988, and Cecilia Nwayia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Ogwuche
Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Laclede County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Grace, Montana, an unincorporated community * Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Grace, Roane County, West Virginia Elsewhere * Grace (lunar crater), on the Moon * Grace, a crater on Venus People with the name * Grace (given name), a feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Grace (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name Religion Theory and practice * Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal * Divine grace, a theological term present in many religions * Grace in Christianity, the benevolence shown by God toward humank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halima Tayo Alao
Halima Tayo Alao (born 6 December 1956) is a Nigerian architect and former Minister of Environment and Housing during President Umaru Yar'Adua's administration. Early life and education Halima Tayo Alao was born on 6 December 1956. She had her primary and post primary education in Kano state and earned a B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. (Architecture) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1981 as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration in 2003 from the University of Ilorin. She attended the Advanced Management and Leadership Programme of Oxford University Business School and is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. Career Alao joined the Kwara State civil service in 1982. She became a Permanent Secretary in the Kwara State ministries of Lands & Housing, then Works and Transport. Prior, she was sole administrator/Chairman Ilorin South Local government and Executive Secretary, Kwara State Commission for Women. From June 2005 to June 2006, she was Federal Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinwe Obaji
Chinwe Obaji is a higher education lecturer, teacher and education administrator who was appointed to heaNigeria's Federal Ministry of Educationin June 2005 as Senior Minister, and was succeeded a year later by Obiageli Ezekwesili. Background Chinwe Obaji was born in Ezinihitte-Mbaise in Imo State. She graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1975. From 1980 she was a lecturer and administrator at Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo, Imo State in Nigeria. Ministerial position Chinwe Obaji was the first female education Minister in Nigeria. As the Education Minister, she made efforts to resuscitate the Inspectorate Division of the Federal Ministry of Education. She started the one-meal-a-day project in some pilot primary schools across the country. She directed that Universities should administer the Post University Matriculation Examination to candidate students in an effort by bypass the inefficiency of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajia Bintu Musa
Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it can take years to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel (and did particularly before the advent of mass air travel), and in many Muslim societies to a respected man as an honorific title. The title is placed before a person's name; for example, Saif Gani becomes ''Hajji Saif Gani''. Hadži is also used in Orthodox Christianity for people who go on pilgrimage to the grave of Christ in Jerusalem. It can then be added to the pilgrim's first name, e.g., Hadži-Prodan, Hadži-Đera, Hadži-Ruvim, Hadži-Melentije Stevanović Hajji is derived from the Arabic ', which is the active participle of the verb ' ("to make the pilgrimage"). The alternative form ' is derived from the name of the Hajj with the adjectival suffix -''ī'', and this wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bello Usman
Bello may refer to: People *Bello (surname), multiple people *Bello Nock, (born 1968), American circus clown often known simply as Bello *Domingo Bello y Espinosa (1817–1884), Spanish lawyer and botanist, cited simply as Bello in botanical names *Bello of Carcassonne (died 812), nobleman in Cité de Carcassonne *Atlético Bello, a former Colombian football (soccer) team Places *Bello (Aller), Asturias, Spain *Bello, Antioquia, Colombia *Bello, Aragon, Spain *Bello, Sujawal , Pakistan Other uses *Bello, greeting of a Minion, from the ''Despicable Me'' franchise *Bello (crater), a crater on the planet Mercury *''Doctor Bello'', a 2013 Nigerian film See also *Bellos *Bellow (other) *Bellu (other) *Belo (other) *Monte Bello (other) *Montebello (other) Montebello may refer to: Places Australasia * Montebello Islands, Australia Europe * Montebello della Battaglia, Pavia, Italy * Montebello Vicentino, Vicenza, Italy * Montebello di Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babalola Borishade
Abraham Babalola Borishade (7 March 1946 – 26 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician. He was a four time Federal Minister in Nigeria, between 1999-2011. He was known as an electrical engineer, teacher and political strategist. Early life Borishade attended St. Andrews Primary School, Usi Ekiti, and Doherty Memorial Grammar School, Ijero Ekiti. In 1971, he graduated from the University of Ife, with First Class Honors in electrical engineering. After graduation, he was hired as a graduate assistant there. In 1972, he earned a Commonwealth Scholarship for a doctorate degree in high-voltage engineering at Victoria University. He obtained his PhD in 1975, and returned to Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), where he launched the Electrical Power Systems degree program and the University of Ife Consultancy Unit, both in the Faculty of Technology. Career In 1975, Borishade was selected to train at the Nuclear and Power Engineering Station at Texas A&M University. He obtained a certificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunde Adeniran
Tunde Adeniran (born 29 September 1945) is a Nigerian scholar, politician, diplomat, and former minister of education. A former staff of United Nations, Tunde - before moving into politics in 1998 - retired as a political science lecturer at the University of Ibadan after many years of lecturing in Nigeria and America. He is an author of a number of books and journal articles. Education Tunde is a graduate of University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Columbia University, USA. Political career From 2004 to 2007, Tunde served Nigeria as its ambassador to Germany. From October to December 1985, Tunde Adeniran was a member of Nigerian Delegation to the 40th Session of the United Nations. He was the director at Directorate for Social Mobilization (MAMSER) between 1987 and 1992. From January to August 1993, Tunde served as the Chairman of the Directorate for Social Mobilization (MAMSER). He was a member of the Committee on Nigerian National Defence Policy for the year 2000. He was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
