Politicians

Also identified as IBB, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida is a retired Nigerian Army General 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....

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

Over the years, Nigerians have continued to ask questions and argue about the salary that state governors in the country receive. This bone of contention cannot be thrown to the side because the uncontrolled lavish lifestyle of these governors continues to spell disloyalty in the faces of citizens who are only managing to survive. For people who seek to...

The Nigerian president stands as one of the highest-paid leaders compared to several other countries of the world. This has become increasingly worrisome in the light of the economic woes bedeviling the country. The political class takes home jumbo pays, which to the masses does not translate to how well they lead the country. Here's a breakdown of all...

The current Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, successfully carried out his first term as a minister under President Mohammadu Buhari's administration from 2015. 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 minister is a professional lawyer,...

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 Jubril, who is also known as Jibril Aminu, Jibrin, and Jibril El-Sudanese, may not have been cloned but was brought from Cuba,...

Oluremi Tinubu, who people prefer to call Remi Tinubu, is the wife of a famous Nigerian politician, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Like her husband, Remi is equally a politician, although she is more likely to be described as the former governor's wife than as a senator, which she is. Currently, in her third term, Oluremi assumed office as a senator...

Kemi Adeosun has been Nigeria's Minister of Finance since 11 November 2015, but obviously many don't know so much about the UK born Nigerian. A Quick Look at Kemi Adeosun's  Bio and Profile Kemi Adeosun was born on March 9, 1967, in London where she spent the first 36 years of her life. Her father, an indigene of Ogun State was a civil servant...