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30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Jaytecq(m): 10:28am On Oct 19, 2017 |
How much do you know about Nigeria, especially her leaders? Who founded the Central Bank of Nigeria? Did you know that Obasanjo had no shoe when he wooed his first wife? Also, only two states, Ogun and Katsina, have produced the most civilian Presidents in Nigeria's 56-year old history? Read on: 1. Till date, no President/Head of State has been born in or after 1960, the year Nigeria got her independence. 2. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the only President whose exact year of birth is unknown. He was shoeless when he wooed his first wife, Remi. He is diabetic. He’s the only president to lose his wife, Stella, while in office. 3. Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan are the only Vice Presidents to ever become President in the nation. 4. Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari are the only persons in the nation’s history to rule as both Military Head of State and Civilian President. 5. The two Presidents who succeeded Obasanjo, first as Head of State in 1979 and as President in 2007 did not complete their tenures. 6. The two Presidents were North-Westerners; Presidents, Shehu Shagari (Sokoto State) and Umaru Yar’Adua (Katsina State). 7. While soldiers were dying at the battle front, Yakubu Gowon was getting married in Lagos. He is the youngest Head of State at 32 years and also the first to get married while in power. He also ruled the longest (uninterrupted) for 9 years. 8. Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello was killed with his wife in 1966 by Major Kaduna Nzeogwu. His great-grandfather was the great jihadist from Sokoto, Uthman Dan Fodio. The largest university in West-Africa and second largest in Africa is named after him. 9. Of the four major founding fathers, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was the only founding father who had one wife. She lived till 98. 10. Alvan Ikoku (the man on the 10 naira note) and his son, Samuel were political enemies. 11. Alhaji (Sir) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was not supposed to be Prime Minister in 1959, but Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello (as the leader of the NPC). He gave Balewa the position and referred to him as “my lieutenant in Lagos”. 12. Herbert Heelas Samuel Macauley (the man on the 1 naira note) was the first Nigerian civil engineer and the first to institute a political party in Nigeria. He was the grandson of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther. 13. Generals Murtala Mohammed and Sani Abacha were both born and buried in Kano. 14. Murtala Mohammed as Head of State had no convoy nor escorts. He was the youngest Head of State to die in office at 37. 15. General Sani Abacha had 9 children and the last child, a boy, was born in Aso Rock in 1994. 16. Sani Abacha was born on a Monday and died on a Monday. 17. Umar Musa Yar’Adua was the first elected President to die while in office. 18. During the civil war, Emeka Ojukwu sleeps everyday with his boots on. 19. Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi maintains the record as the tallest Head of State. He was the first Military Head of State. 20. Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh founded the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1959. He was the only minister killed in the January 15 coup of 1966. 21. Christians have ruled Nigeria for 25 years and 9 months while Muslims have ruled for 31 years and 5 months. 22. Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan is the only civilian Head of State without a political party to rule Nigeria. He was also the only unelected leader and the only one to resign from office. 23. Ernest Shonekan ruled Nigeria the shortest for 2 months and 21 days while Olusegun Obasanjo ruled the longest (both military and civilian) for 11 years, 7 months and 18 days. Both are the only South-Westerners ever to rule the country. Both are from Abeokuta in Ogun State. Both are Christians. 24. Every Nigerian Head of State with an Ogun State indigene as his deputy, whether removed or sustained, died in office. 25. All civilian presidents were once teachers, except Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari. 26. Niger, Katsina and Ogun States are the only states to have produced two leaders who had ruled the country. 27. Nigeria once had no leader for 3 days (July 29-August 1, 1966). 28. The only president who had no executive power at all was Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe. 29. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is the first incumbent President to be defeated in an election. 30. The only President/Head-of-State who could speak Nigeria's three major languages (Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba) fluently were Igbos; President Nnamdi Azikiwe and Major-General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. 1 Like |
Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Sprumbabafather: 10:31am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by hedazuga2020: 10:32am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Hashimyussufamao(m): 10:32am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Sprumbabafather: 10:35am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by philantropiest(m): 10:37am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Sprumbabafather: 10:39am On Oct 19, 2017 |
18. During the civil war, Emeka Ojukwu sleeps everyday with his boots on. Great hero of our times, the only man who saw tomorrow, the only man who fought the evil country and lived to tell the story. How I wish there are about 2 of you still alive, things will change by fire by force. 1 Like |
Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by Nobody: 10:54am On Oct 19, 2017 |
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Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by R0ckefeller: 11:10am On Oct 19, 2017 |
and they are all selfish |
Re: 30 Facts About Nigeria's Leaders by wtfcoded: 11:29am On Oct 19, 2017 |
Ojukwu the great. Btw o, na only nnamdi azikiwe be d only igbo to rule the country n d first president. Others have messed up this country 4 real. |
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