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Big Brother Naija, formerly known as Big Brother Nigeria, is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which, contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize and other material prizes, at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted from the house by viewers who vote for their favourite housemates to remain in ...
Born. ( 1963-09-01) 1 September 1963 (age 60) Kogi State, Nigeria. Mohammed Bello Adoke (born 1 September 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer. [1] He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and was appointed Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet. [2] [3]
APC primary. APC candidate, Abubakar Sani Bello clinched the party ticket. The APC primary election was held in 2014. PDP primary. PDP candidate, Umar Nasko clinched the party ticket.
29 May 2024. ( 2024-05-29) Relinquished. 1978. ( 1978) Nigeria, We Hail Thee is the national anthem of Nigeria, formerly used from independence in 1960 until 1978. Arise, O Compatriots, was then adopted as Nigeria's national anthem in 1978 and used until 2024. [1] ". Nigeria, We Hail Thee" was officially readopted on 29 May 2024, replacing ...
History. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was founded in late 1992 by former police commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda.The inciting events that spurred SARS formation were the killing of Colonel Ezra Dindam Rimdan (Nigerian Army) by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos on September 1992, their arrest, a strike by police officers in response, and a subsequent crime wave.
The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, [1] the Benin Empire, [2] and the Oyo ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the central bank and apex monetary authority of Nigeria established by the CBN Act of 1958 and commenced operations on 1 July 1959. The major regulatory objectives of the bank as stated in the CBN Act are to: maintain the external reserves of the country, promote monetary stability and a sound financial environment, and act as a banker of last resort and ...
Reuben Adeleye Abati (born 7 November 1965) is a Nigerian Journalist, Politician, Television Anchor and Newspaper Columnist. He was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Deputy Governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2019 Gubernatorial election. [1] Abati was Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria ...