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Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo (or Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo) was born in Ibogun-Olaogun, a village in southwest Nigeria. [7] His later passport gave his date of birth as 5 March 1937, although this was a later estimate, with no contemporary records surviving. [ 8 ]
The 1978 Ali Must Go Protests or the 1978 students' crisis were student protests in Nigeria following an increase in fees. [1] It has been described as one of the most violent student agitations in Nigeria [2] and sparked the greatest political crisis of the 1975–1979 Mohammed/Obasanjo military administration.
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 ...
Obasanjo 11 Mohammed Abba Gana (b. 1943) 8 February 2001 17 July 2003 12 Nasir el-Rufai (b. 1960) 17 July 2003 27 July 2007 Obasanjo 13 Aliyu Modibbo Umar (b. 1958) 26 July 2007 29 October 2008 Yar'Adua . 14 Adamu Aliero (b. 1957) 17 December 2008 17 March 2010 Jonathan . 15 Bala Mohammed (b. 1958) 8 April 2010 28 May 2015 Jonathan 16
Abubakar, an ethnic Hausa, was born on 13 June 1942 to Abubakar Jibrin and Fatikande Mohammed, in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. [4] From 1950 to 1956 he attended Minna Native Authority Primary school. From 1957 to 1962, he had his secondary school education at Government College, Bida, Niger State.
Obasanjo served two terms in office. On 29 May 2007, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 13th head of state completing the first successful transition of power, from one democratically elected president to another in Nigeria.
Abdullahi Mohammed is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as chief of staff to presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from 1999 to 2008; National Security Adviser to General Abdusalami Abubakar from 1998 to 1999; Director General of the National Security Organisation from 1976 to 1979; and Governor of Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria, from July 1975 to February 1976 ...
The coup plotters appointed Brigadier Murtala Mohammed as head of state, and Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo as his deputy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The coup was motivated by unhappiness of junior officers at the lack of progress Gowon had made in moving the country towards democratic rule, while Garba's role as an insider is credited with ensuring that ...