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General Abdulsalami Abubakar was the last military Head of State before the Fourth Republic. He was the Chief of Defence Staff during Abacha’s regime He did what his predecessors (Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha) were unable to do by handling over to the democratically elected …
Military Administrators in Nigeria 1998-1999 (Abdulsalami Abubakar Regime) Read More »
In Nigeria, a State House of Assembly (legislature) can institute impeachment proceedings against the governor (executive) after a motion has been moved. It’s one of the major checks and balances used by the legislature to ensure that the head of …
Impeachment is a constitutional means of removing an elected official from office for offences ranging from mismanagement, misconduct, embezzlement and gross misconduct. Impeaching a state governor in Nigeria involves a lot of behind the scene consultations and persuasion to win …
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A lot of drama played during the 2019 election and even in 2020 in Bayelsa state. In Bayelsa for instance, the candidate of All Progressive Congress David Lyon was declared the winner of the governorship. But due to the certificate falsification …
As the uninterrupted democratic process continued in Nigeria, below is a list of state governors in Nigeria between 2015 to 2019. As usual, the sharing of the 36 states were between the two major political parties: APC and PDP State …
During the 2011 general elections that ushered another set of governors across the country, there was no governorship election in 10 out of 36 states because of earlier cases in the affected states leading into staggered elections. As such, only …
Elected state governors who came to power on May 29, 1999, and won their second term bid left office on May 29, 2007, by handing over to their successors. The only ones that that returned were those that unseat the …
In the history of Nigerian politics, no state governor has ever willingly said he’s satisfied with a term in office. It’s even a survival of the fittest for the second term bidders. If they had their way, they’d love to …
Nigeria had many historic moments, one such moment was when the fourth republic was ushered in on May 29, 1999. It marked the end of the military regime in Nigeria. Before the marking of the end of military rule, political …
The coming to power of Gen Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida on August 27, 1985, was not just the most dramatic, but also the most turbulent time in Nigeria’s political history. Seven years after the IBB aka Maradona regime kicked out the military …
Elected State Governors in Nigeria During Babangida Regime (1992-1993) Read More »
