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Mamman Nur
Mamman is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Mamman Bello Ali (1958–2009), Nigerian Senator for Yobe South, Governor of Yobe State from 2007 to his death *Mamman Jiya Vatsa (1940–1986), Nigerian soldier and writer *Mamman Kontagora, Military Administrator of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalam Abubakar * Sama’ila Mamman, elected Senator for the Katsina Central constituency of Katsina State, Nigeria *Saleh Mamman, Minister of power in Nigeria See also *Ensamma mamman ("single mom") is a Swedish comic strip created by Cecilia Torudd * 'Amman *Ammann *Hamman * Hammann *Mamane *Mammon Mammon in the New Testament of the Bible is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke both quote Jesus us ... * Mammone * Mamyan * Miamian {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamman Bello Ali
Mamman Bello Ali (1958 – 26 January 2009) was Nigerian Senator for Yobe South senatorial district. He was the chairman senate committee on public account from 1999 to 2007, and the Governor of Yobe State from 2007 until his death in 2009. He was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). He was receiving medical treatment for leukemia in a Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ... hospital when he died. References 1958 births 2009 deaths Governors of Yobe State Members of the Senate (Nigeria) All Nigeria Peoples Party politicians Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Florida 20th-century Nigerian politicians 21st-century Nigerian politicians {{Nigeria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Mamman Jiya Vatsa (3 December 1940 – 5 March 1986) was a Nigerian general and poet who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council On 5 March 1986, he was executed by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (who was his childhood friend) following a military tribunal conviction for treason associated with an abortive coup. Early life Vatsa was childhood friends with Ibrahim Babangida and both men were peers who attended the same educational institutions. Like Babangida, Vatsa attended the Government College Bida from 1957 to 1962 and started his career with the Nigerian Army by enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) on 10 December 1962. Military career Since the NMTC was not yet an officer candidate commissioning institution (it would later become one in 1964 when it was upgraded and renamed Nigerian Defence Academy), the Nigerian government sent NMTC cadets who had completed their prepar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamman Kontagora
Mamman Kontagora (April 20, 1944 – May 29, 2013) was Military Administrator of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalam Abubakar, handing over control to a civilian in May 1999. Biography Kontagora was among the first intake of officers when the Nigerian Defense Academy opened in 1964. Kontagora was appointed Minister of Works and Housing in the Babangida government. In 1991 he issued regulations on pollution abatement and effluent limitations covering all industries, with heavy fines for non-compliance. However, follow-up by the government on infractors was limited. In December 1991, he announced plans to draw up guidelines by early 1992 to control oil pollution. The Sani Abacha government appointed Kontagora sole administrator of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1995 after a major conflict at the university. He remained in charge until some time after the death of Abacha. Kontagora was appointed Administrator of the Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleh Mamman
Mamman Kwagyang Saleh (born 2 January 1958), is a Nigerian government official that served as Minister of Power from August 2019 to September 2021. He was sworn in by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 August 2019 after being nominated by Buhari and confirmed by the Senate. On 1 September 2021, Mamman was sacked by Buhari and replaced by Minister of State for Works and Housing Abubakar Aliyu. Early life and education Saleh is from Taraba State. He holds a higher national diploma in electrical electronics from Kaduna Polytechnic, graduating in 1988. He also hold an MBA in business administration from Bayero University Kano, graduating in 2015. Career Saleh started his career in 1981 as a teacher in Technical School, Mubi, Adamawa State. In 1992, he transferred his service to Taraba State. He was promoted to the rank of assistant director in the ministry of works in Taraba State and retired in 2002. After his retirement, he became a full-time businessman and politician. See also *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensamma Mamman
''Ensamma mamman'' ("single mom") is a Swedish comic strip created by Cecilia Torudd. ''Ensamma mamman'' first made a brief appearance in ''Dagens Nyheter'' in 1985. It was well received by the readers and returned in 1987 as a fixed feature. Torudd continued drawing it until 1991, when it was syndicated by Bull, and it has since been rerun in many newspapers. ''Ensamma mamman'' deals with a single mother and her two teenage children, her 14-year-old son Beppe and her daughter Mia, 17 years old. ''Ensamma mamman'' received the Urhunden Prize Urhunden Prizes have been given out each year by the Swedish Comics Association ('' Svenska Seriefrämjandet'') since 1987. There are three categories: Best Swedish (Domestic) Album of the Year (1987–2005), Best Foreign Album of the Year (1987 ... by the '' Swedish Association for Promotion of Comics'', in 1989. Source Swedish comic strips 1985 comics debuts Comics about women Gag-a-day comics Female characters in comics Comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. The earliest evidence of settlement in Amman dates to the 8th millennium BC, in a Neolithic site known as 'Ain Ghazal, where the world's oldest statues of the human form have been unearthed. During the Iron Age, the city was known as Rabat Aman and served as the capital of the Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, rebuilt the city and renamed it "Philadelphia", making it a regional center of Hellenistic culture. Under Roman rule, Philadelphia was one of the ten Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis before being di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammann (other)
Ammann is a surname of German origin which is an alternative spelling of Amtmann or Amman, an historical kind of bailiff. Notable people with the surname include: *Alberto Ammann, Argentine actor *Daniel Ammann, Swiss author and journalist (born 1973) *Erwin Ammann, German politician and co-founder of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (1916 – 2000) *Gretel Ammann (1947–2000), Spanish philosopher, writer and activist *Jakob Ammann, Swiss anabaptist leader and founder of the Amish (c. 1644 – c. 1730) * Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and fossil collector (1724 – 1811) *Johann Konrad Ammann, Swiss physician and instructor of deaf persons (1669 – 1724) *Johann Schneider-Ammann, Swiss politician (born 1952) *Mike Ammann, American soccer player (born 1971) *Othmar Ammann, structural engineer who built many of New York City's bridges (1879 – 1965) *Robert Ammann, American amateur mathematician with contributions to aperiodic tilings (1946 – 1994) *Simon Ammann, Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamman
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Hamman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adalbert Hamman (1910–2000), French Franciscan priest * Bob Hamman (born 1938), American professional bridge player * Edouard Hamman (1819–1888), Belgian painter * Jared Hamman (born 1982) * John Hamman (1927–2000) * Louis Virgil Hamman (1877–1946), American medical researcher ** Hamman-Rich syndrome ** Hamman's sign ** Hamman's syndrome * Mary Hamman (1907–1984) * Petra Hamman (born 1946) * Phillip Hamman (c. 1753 – 1832) * Shane Hamman (born 1972), American weightlifter See also * Hamam (other) A hammam, or Turkish bath, is a type of steam bath or place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. Hamam (Arabic: ; also transliterated as Hmam, Hāmam and Hammam, with different meanings) may refer to: People * Adem Hmam (born 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammann (other)
Hammann may refer to * Charles Hammann, American aviator * Gregg Hammann, corporate executive * Johann Wolfgang Hammann, founder of the Wallendorf porcelain manufacture in Lichte Thuringia *Nicolas Hammann, American professor race car driver *Niel Hammann, South African journalist and magazine editor *Otto Hammann, German journalist * Wilhelm Hammann, survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ... * USS Hammann, several warships of the U.S. Navy {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamane
''Sophora chrysophylla'', known as ''māmane'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is highly polymorphic, growing as a shrub or tree, and able to reach a height of in tree form. Yellow flowers are produced in winter and spring. Biology ''S. chrysophylla'' has ridged golden brown branches. The tree has pinnately compound leaves with 6 to 10 pairs of leaflets. Each leaflet is long and wide. Leaves are smooth, or with gray or yellow hairs on the underside. The specific name is derived from the Greek words χρυσός (''chrysós''), meaning "gold," and φυλλον (''phyllos''), meaning "leaf." Flowers are found at the bases of leaves or the ends of branches in clusters – that is, they occur in axillary or terminal racemes. The corolla is yellow. The petal size ranges from long, and wide. The tree blooms in winter and spring. The height of the flowering season is in mid-spring. ''Mām ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammon
Mammon in the New Testament of the Bible is commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke both quote Jesus using the word in a phrase often rendered in English as "You cannot serve both God and mammon." In the Middle Ages, it was often personified and sometimes included in the seven princes of Hell. ''Mammon'' in Hebrew (ממון) means "money". The word was adopted to modern Hebrew to mean wealth. Etymology The word ''Mammon'' comes into English from post-classical Latin ''mammona'' "wealth", used most importantly in the Vulgate Bible (along with Tertullian's ''mammonas'' and pseudo-Jerome's ''mammon''). This was in turn borrowed from Hellenistic Greek μαμωνᾶς, which appears in the New Testament, borrowed from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא ''māmōnā'', an emphatic form of the word ''māmōn'' "wealth, profit", perhaps specifically from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
