Shagari

Like Buhari, Second Republic’s President Shehu Shagari rose from the Fulani stock; but Shagari never displayed the trappings of bigotry and led Nigeria in the path of cohesion and peace.

Barely four years, the armed forces led by General Buhari overthrew Shagari and in a succession of Northern generals between 1983 and 1999, Nigeria became plaything in their hands.

But President Shehu Shagari, bless him, rose to the challenge.

Denied appointment as Director, National Security Organisation, (NSO) by Muhammadu Buhari who succeeded Shagari effectively from January 1, 1984, Gusau was despatched to a training programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies, (RCDS), in the UK.

In 1983, a bloodless overthrew Nigerian President Shehu Shagari's government, replacing him with Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

In May 2022, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, was burnt to death by her colleagues for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Olatunde served the Obasanjo's regime and the administration of former president, Shehu Shagari.

On 26th September 1979, Williams, who was the presiding judge, and others decided the case in favour of Shagari, with only Eso dissenting.

President Shehu Shagari tried to move things along rather gingerly but anyone who has watched Onyeka Onwuenu’s BBC-NTA documentary, The Squandering of Riches, might see where Abuja finally lost its way and inherited its perverted DNA.

With his massive grassroots support, Malam lost his base to Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

President Shehu Shagari imposed austerity measures to rein in our spending on non-essential goods such as champagne and Argentine steak and stabilise the system.

James added: “Justice Hadiza Shagari, while ruling in the judgment, directed that the suspects should either pay N50,000 fine or be remanded in the correctional centre for three months.

Mr Shagari was reelected in 1983 in a controversial poll.

President Shehu Shagari at the time commissioned the plant and the agreed plan was to fund the remaining 5% of the project using profits generated by the company.

Ajibola cited cases which involved Dasuki, El Zakzaky, Sowore, Shagari and Labinjo as some of the matters Buhari’s administration had repeatedly shunned courts’ pronouncements granting their bails.

Mr Shagari who described his late father as a very humble, gentle, soft-spoken and extremely loving father, said his death was a great loss to him, his family and the country at large.

Time: 11am prompt (for Kari) Venue: Conference Room, 5th Floor, Annex 3, Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama, Abuja.

Abdulsalam, you, Abacha, Buhari, Shagari are the major people who have governed.

According to Nigerian journalist, Sumner Shagari Sambo, a top police officer confirmed the photos as the charms have now been deposited as evidence.

After the Nigerian civil war, from 1970-1971, Shagari was appointed by the military head of State, General Yakubu Gowon as the Federal Commissioner for Economic Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.