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Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo (or Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo) was born in Ibogun-Olaogun, a village in southwest Nigeria. [6] His later passport gave his date of birth as 5 March 1937, although this was a later estimate, with no contemporary records surviving. [7]
General Olusegun Obasanjo became head of state in Nigeria on 14 February 1976 after the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed.He replaced or reassigned many of the state governors, and broke up some of the larger states into two or three new states.
The Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo was formed after President Olusegun Obasanjo took office in May 1999 after the return to democracy with the Nigerian Fourth Republic. Obasanjo made frequent changes to his cabinet of Federal Ministers and Ministers of State during his two terms of office, and periodically split or combined ministries.
The result was a victory for incumbent Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party, who defeated his closest opponent Muhammadu Buhari by over 11 million votes. Voter turnout was 69.1%. Voter turnout was 69.1%.
The result was a victory for Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party, who defeated Olu Falae, who was running on a joint Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party ticket. [1] Voter turnout was 52.3%.
Olusegun Obasanjo Bukar Suwa Dimka The 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 13 February 1976 [ 1 ] when a faction of Armed Forces officers, led by Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suwa Dimka , attempted to overthrow the government of General Murtala Mohammed (who himself took power in the 1975 ...
Olusegun Obasanjo was the first vice president (as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters) to become head of state when Murtala Muhammed was killed during the 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, [10] while Goodluck Jonathan was the first democratic vice president to become head of state when Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died of Illness on 5 May 2010. [11]
Stephen Ibn Akiga (or Steve Akiga) (died 6 September 2004) was a Nigerian Minister of Industry, then Minister of Police Affairs and finally Minister of Sports in the first cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo dismissed his cabinet on 30 January 2001. On 9 February Stephen Akiga moved from the Ministry of Industry to Police Affairs. [1]