Politics

Labour Party Presidential Candidate Peter Obi's legal team include at least twenty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) and lawyers. Among the SANs are Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, Chief Awa Kalu, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, P.I.N. Ikwueto, Chief Ben Anyachebe, S.T. Hon, Arthur Obi Okafor, Ik Ezechukwu, J.S. Okutepa, Dr Mrs Valerie Azinge, Emeka Okpoko, and Alex Ejesieme. The Labour party candidate, Peter Obi, hired the services of at least 20 senior advocates...

Nnamdi Kanu's net worth is estimated at about N100 million, however, some other sources have estimated it as high as $13 million. The British-Nigerian political activist is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Although there have been no verified statistics revealing his net worth, it has been widely reported that Nnamdi Kanu's net worth is around the above given figure. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu spearheads the IPOB group agitating...

Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano is a Nigerian politician, former first lady of Anambra state, and the wife of Willie Obiano, the former governor of Anambra State. Obiano Ebelechukwu Veronica has long been involved in politics, particularly in Anambra state, but her rise to fame is undoubtedly linked to her impact as wife and partner of Willie Obiano who served as the fourth democratically elected Governor of Anambra State from 17...

The first executive president of Nigeria was Alhaji Shehu Shagari. His presidential term lasted from October 1979 to December 1983. Shagari, an experienced politician, was known to have occupied several political positions in Nigeria, including seven ministerial / cabinet posts. He later became the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government. How Shehu Shagari Became the First Executive President...

Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is a government-owned organization signed into the Act on 19th July 2010. It was created to revitalize and stabilize the Nigerian system institution by resolving banks' non-performing loan assets in the economy. AMCON staff receives salaries according to grade levels, like other government workers in Nigeria. The minimum wage in Nigeria is N18,000, and your salary as staff at AMCON is determined by your...

Lai Mohammed (born 6 December 1951) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician best known as the Minister of Information and Culture since 2015.  He successfully carried out his first term as a minister under President Mohammadu Buhari's administration from 2015 to 2019. After a successful screening by the Senate, he was reinstated for a second term as minister of the same ministry of Information and Culture as his previous term. The...

Jubril of Sudan, who is also known as Jibril Aminu, Jibrin, and Jibril El-Sudanese, is believed to be the alleged clone of President Muhammadu Buhari who was rumored to have died in 2017. Like tales by moonlight, Nigerians and Nigeria were in 2017 visited by the news of the alleged death of President Muhammadu Buhari, and a certain Jubril of Sudan became his clone. There is also a belief that...

Senator Ademola Adeleke (born May 13, 1960; Age: years old) is a Nigerian businessman and politician with a net worth of $560 million. He served as a senator representing the Osun-West senatorial district from 2017 to 2019 and won gubernatorial elections in Osun State in July 2022. Ademola is also a businessman and founder of Origin International Limited. He worked with Guinness Nigeria Limited and Pacific Holding LTD as...

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (born 18 February 1956) is a Nigerian business mogul cum politician popularly known as the common sense senator. The founder of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, through hard work and determination, has gained for himself an enviable height in life. Ben Murray-Bruce Profile Summary Full Name: Benedict Murray-Bruce Date of Birth: 18 February 1956 Age: years old Place of Birth: Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria Nationality: Nigerian Spouse: Evelyn...

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (born 17 October 1974) is the -year-old traditional leader of Ile-Ife, which is a Nigerian town regarded as the place of origin of the Yoruba people. The ancient town of Ile Ife is considered an ancestral and spiritual home of Nigeria's second-largest ethnic group, the Yoruba race. It is also the home of several generations of sacred kings whose political and religious authority...

Bukola Saraki (19 March 1962) is a -year-old Nigerian politician with a net worth estimated at $2 billion. He is best known as a former governor of Kwara State and the 13th President of Nigeria's House of Senate from 2015 to 2019. Currently a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saraki is one of the wealthiest and most influential politicians in the country. Spending almost two decades running the...

Bola Tinubu (Full Name: Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu) is a Nigerian accountant and politician best known as the former Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 and as the 2023 presidential nominee for the All Progressives Congress. The name Jagaban is a name every Nigerian is familiar with. It is a name that signifies boldness and excellent leadership skills, and no two persons in the country are officially recognized as the Jagaban...

Olusegun Obasanjo (born March 5, 1937; Age: years old) is a former Nigerian military officer who twice served in the country's highest office as Head of State (February 1976 to October 1979) and President (May 1999 to May 2007). As a military ruler, Obasanjo oversaw various reforms in the Nigerian government before handing over power to a newly elected civilian government. He further played key roles that saw to...

Asari Dokubo is a renowned political activist of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. He was born in the year 1964 as Melford Dokubo Goodhead Jr. but is most commonly called Asari.  He has been the president of the Ijaw Youth Council and later founded the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force which later became one of the most prominent armed groups that operated in the...

Also identified as IBB, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida GCFR (born 17 August 1941) is a retired Nigerian Army General and politician who ruled Nigeria during the military regime. He ruled Nigeria from August 27, 1985, when he took power from Major General Muhammadu Buhari in a coup, until his departure from office on August 27, 1993, having annulled the elections held on June 12 the same year. Here is all...

Adams Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952) is a prominent Nigerian politician, former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, and elder statesman best known for his two-term service as the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Oshiomhole is also popular as a former two-term Governor of Edo State in Nigeria. He served under the umbrella of the All Progressive Congress (APC), having taken office with the defunct Action...

David Mark (born April 18, 1948, Age: years old) is a Nigerian-born politician, ex-military governor of Niger State, and communication minister who is widely known as the former senate president of the Republic of Nigeria. With his high-profile positions in Nigerian politics, he has amassed a considerable fortune of about $2 billion. Considering his years as a military governor, general in the Army Brigade, and venture into politics, he...

Senator Kashim Shettima Mustapha (born on September 2, 1966) is a year old banker and politician. He recently rose to the spotlight after he was selected as the APC presidential running mate of Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. The politician is privileged to have been in different political seats in Nigeria. He served as the governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. He afterward...

Rotimi Amaechi (born May 27, 1965, Age: ​ years old) is an influential Nigerian politician with a net worth estimated at $780 million according to several online sources. He is known for serving in various capacities in the government, especially as the former governor of Rivers State and former Federal Minister of Transportation. Amaechi used to be an active member of the People's Democratic Party but later defected to the...

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed (born July 7, 1969; Age: years old) is a Nigerian politician, businessman, and economist best known as the founder and Pro-Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja. He is currently the running mate of Peter Obi, 2023 Presidential Candidate for the Labour Party. Before he gained recent recognition as Peter Obi's running mate, Yusuf Datti already had an established political career. He was a member of the House...

Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (born 16 February 1960, Age: Years Old) is a Nigerian politician who is the Governor of Kaduna State, in office since 2015 and member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party. The politician became the governor of Kaduna State after his election in 2015. Previously, El-Rufai held the positions of Director General of The Bureau of Public Enterprises, and the Minister of the Federal...

Boss Mustapha is a Nigerian lawyer, management consultant, businessman, and politician best known as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria (SGF) and former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Following the dismissal of Babachir Lawal, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), for abuse of office, President Muhammadu Buhari on 30th October 2017 appointed Boss Gida Mustapha as the new SGF....

Nnamdi Kenny Okwu Kanu, or simply known as Nnamdi Kanu (born 25 September 1967), is a Nigerian political activist based in the United Kingdom. He is the leader of one of the several Biafran separatist organizations, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the director of a London-based radio station, Radio Biafra. To many Nigerians, Nnamdi Kanu is a troublemaker, while many Biafran supporters believe he is their hero...

Kemi Adeosun (born 9 March 1967) is a UK-born Nigerian finance expert best known as Nigeria's former Finance Minister and former chairman of the Board of African Export-Import Bank.  Nigeria has seen only three women occupying the office of the finance minister - from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to Kemi Adeosun and then Zainab Ahmed. The most controversial of the three is Kemi Adeosun, who took over in 2015 and was dismissed...

The NIA - National Intelligence Agency, is a security agency in Nigeria that has a well-structured ranking system and salary structure. The security intelligence agency is mandated to oversee foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations in the country. NIA is one of the agencies that was created by the National Security Organization that was previously dissolved by Decree No. 19 of 1986 under General Ibrahim Babangida's regime. Since the establishment of...