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Stella Obasanjo (14 November 1945 – 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, although she was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head of state. She died while undergoing elective liposuction abroad. [1]
She met Olusegun Obasanjo in the Owu Baptist Church Choir when she was aged 14 and they courted for eight years. [3] They married on 22 June 1963 at Camberwell Green Registry, SE London, when she was 21, without the knowledge of their families. [1] [4] She obtained training in institutional management in London. [4]
Obasanjo did well academically, [16] and at school became a keen Boy Scout. [17] Although there is no evidence that he was then involved in any political groups, [17] it was at secondary school that Obasanjo rejected his forename of "Matthew" as an anti-colonial act. [10] Meanwhile, Obasanjo's father had abandoned his wife and two children. [18]
Esther Oluremi Obasanjo [1] (1941–) 13 February 1976 1 October 1979 Olusegun Obasanjo: 6 Hadiza Shagari [2] (1940/1941–2021) 1 October 1979 31 December 1983 Shehu Shagari: 7 Safinatu Buhari (1952–2006) [1] 31 December 1983 27 August 1985 Muhammadu Buhari: 8 Maryam Babangida (1948–2009) [1] 27 August 1985 26 August 1993 Ibrahim Babangida: 9
Three years after his divorce from his first wife, Maples gave birth to the couple's only child together in 1993, Tiffany Trump (named after "Tiffany & Co"). He and Maples wed two months later.
She was born on 23 May 1941 in British Nigeria. [2] Ajoke married Murtala Muhammed in 1963. [3]She trained as a dental therapist but developed an interest in plants. [2] She set up the Murtala Muhammed Memorial Botanical Garden, a 30-hectare garden along the Lekki–Epe Expressway in Lagos in 1991.
In 1999, Maryam Abacha said that her husband acted in the good will of Nigeria; an official of the Nigerian government said that Maryam Abacha said that to convince the government to grant her a reprieve, as the president, Olusegun Obasanjo, had been jailed by Sani Abacha. [2]
The Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria is a high-ranking official who manages the Office of the President. [1] The position was created by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, modelled after the White House Chief of Staff; and its duties are assigned by the President but primarily focused on managing the flow of information and people; advising the president on various issues ...