Category: Politics – Public Service
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Goodluck Azikiwe Ebele Jonathan; President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2010-2015. Following a controversial “doctrine of necessity” by the Senate on February 9, 2010 Jonathan first assumed a new role as Acting President.… read more
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Umaru Dikko; controversial politician in Nigeria and chief strategist of the National Party of Nigeria in the Second Republic, and federal minister of transport in President Shagari’s cabinet. After the 1983 coup… read more
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Paul lyorpiiu Unong; born on September 26, 1937 in Unongo is a Nigerian Benue State politician. The social democrat, Paul lyorpiiu Unongo is a former minister of Steel Development and later Minister… read more
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Umar Yar’Adua; President of Nigeria from 2007-10, brother to Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, general and former military vice president. Yar’Adua’s career in politics started while he was a lecturer. He became an active… read more
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Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke; Nigerian politician and criminologist. Adeleke became the first civilian governor of Osun State after the state was carved out of the old Oyo State in August 1991. He was… read more
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Adebayo Adefarati; third civilian governor of Ondo State. Adefarati was one of the pro-democracy activists who fought for the return of civilian rule in Nigeria as a member of the National Democratic… read more
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Reuben Abati; Public Servant and journalist known for his accomplishments as public intellectual and stints in media relations was born 1965 in Abeokuta. In 2011, Reuben Abati was appointed as the Special… read more
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Stephen Oluwole Awokoya; Educationist, who as minister was responsible for launching the Awolowo administration’s Universal Primary Education in the West. Awokoya contributed in various ways to the development of the physical sciences.… read more
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Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian civil war hero on the federal side, Statesman, and Head of the federal government as military general, 1976-79, and elected president, 1999-2007. Obasanjo, descendant of asylum seeker in aftermath… read more
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Funsho Williams was the Lagos civil servant and politician murdered in July 2006 during preparations for the 2007 elections. Born 1948 in Lagos, Funsho schooled at St Paul’s Catholic School, Ebute Metta;… read more
