West Africa Magazine (29 July-4 August, 1996): 1178-1181. 2) Decree no. 82 13 political associations initially applied for registration but NEC recommended only six of them for registration. That rule has now been rested by world football governing body, FIFA. Seven days later, on 17 November 1993, the head of the ING, Chief Ernest Shonekan allegedly resigned, enabling General Sani Abacha, then the Defence Minister and Vice-Chairman of the Interim National Government, to sack the ING and become Nigeria’s seventh military ruler.137. Although he clearly scored up to 25 per cent of the votes cast in 12 of the states of the Federation, he scored only about 19 per cent (less than one-quarter) of the votes cast in the next nearest state, Kano State. Gboyega, The making of the Nigerian Constitution. 15 Oyeleye Oyediran, The road to the 1979 elections. All of Nigeria’s other military rulers have been known as ‘head of state’. The ban on political activities will be lifted in October 1978. Unlimited Data Plans In Nigeria: Are They Realistic. Portail de ressources électroniques en sciences humaines et sociales, Introduction. 4The first military government in Nigeria was installed in January 1966 after a partially successful coup on 15 January 1966. Its facts bear repeating. Mr Yar’Adua died in detention on 8th December, 1997, and Mr Obasanjo was released after Abacha’s sudden death in 1998. While some recently became defunct, others are reminders of the years of yore, dating back to the early post-independence years and even pre-colonial era. The States in the defunct Eastern Region in the South/South geo-political zones of the country are the present Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers States! For a fuller discussion see, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, The state of academic freedom in Nigeria. The Hiding place of the Egba’s during the Egba-Dahomey war of 1851-1864 on Olumo rock. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Behind MTN, as of 2019, Airtel has the second highest data subscribers in Nigeria at 34.52 million subscribers. By virtue of Section 16(1) of the decree: ... the validity of any decision, sentence, judgement, confirmation, direction, notice or order given or made, as the case may be, or any other thing whatsoever done under this decree shall not be inquired into in any court of law. FEDECO recognizes 5 parties. Human Rights Watch (vol. 131 B.O. The naira was introduced on January 1, 1973, replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of 2 naira to 1 pound.More naira notes of other denominations. Then in 1991, states in Nigeria increased to 21. (Eds.). The debate began with the announcement that the regime intended to implement a speedy transition to civil rule. Political parties: Formation and candidate selection. The investigative magazine was a thorn in the flesh of the Babangida military regime at the time. 36, no. National Electoral Commission. Bandits ‘kill 20’ in fresh attack in Zamfara, #EndSARS: Nigerian undergraduate found dead in Lagos, BREAKING: #EndSARS: As crisis worsens, NECO postpones more examinations, #EndSARS: We’ll not allow Lagos protest degenerate to anarchy – Police, How we were attacked by hoodlums – The Nation Editor, Lekki Shooting: Firm owned by Tinubu’s son gives reason ad board light was turned off, #EndSARS: Killing of protesters ‘unprovoked’ — Atiku, Russia conducted over 47.2 million COVID-19 tests - Official, NYSC Orientation Camps Address Nationwide, Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005. 90 Awa U. Kalu, The democratization of Nigeria..., 52. 278, Laws of the Federation, 1990. Civil Liberties Organization (CLO). Vous pouvez suggérer à votre établissement et à la bibliothèque que vous avez l'habitude de fréquenter de souscrire un abonnement à OpenEdition Freemium.N'hésitez pas à lui indiquer nos coordonnées :contact@openedition.orgOpenEdition (Cléo)c/o École centrale de Marseille – Technopôle de Château-Gombert38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie13013 Marseille Cedex 20Vous pouvez également nous indiquer à l'aide du formulaire suivant les coordonnées de votre établissement ou de votre bibliothèque afin de nous permettre de leur fournir des informations au sujet d'OpenEdition et de ses offres d'abonnement. A collage of notes spent in the sixties, including notes spent in Biafra during the civil war that spanned about 30 months and killed millions. (Lagos: Federal Ministry of Information, 1978). The defunct Northern Region in 1967 was divided into North Central State ( present Kaduna and Katsina States); Central West State (later changed to Kwara State); Benue/ Plateau State (now Benue , Nassarawa and Plateau States) ; North Western State (now Niger , Zamfara , Kebbi, Sokoto States) ; Kano State (now Kano and Jigawa States ) ; North Eastern State (now Bauchi , Gombe, Adamawa , Yobe, Taraba and Bornu States). The name of the defunct Mid-Western State was changed to Bendel State. Stage III will be a preparatory stage for elections. 13General Gowon was overthrown in a palace coup on 19 July 1975, and Brigadier (later General) Murtala Ramat Mohammed became the new military leader of Nigeria. 57The Murtala Mohammed/Obasanjo regime took firm steps to control certain sectors of the Nigerian civil society during its transition programme. The old Gongola State was divided into Taraba State and Adamawa States respectively. (Lagos: Civil Liberties Organization, 1990): 66-70. In addition, the programme listed in six schedules, an itemized timetable of 19 other activities and measures to be implemented during the transition period. This reality came strikingly to my realization when one of my friends (a lawyer) in his reaction to my essay titled ‘’Ohanaeze Ndigbo Cannot Speak for the South/South’’ untruthfully suggested that the present South/South Region or Geo-Political Zone was part of the defunct Eastern Region. In 1939 the Governor General of Nigeria Sir Hugh Clifford divided the Northern and Sothern Protectorates into provinces. Both men were later sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly plotting a coup to topple the Abacha-regime in 1995. 20 Meanwhile, in February 1976, the regime created six new states, bringing the number of states in Nigeria to 19.21 Shortly after this, General Mohammed was assassinated in a failed coup attempt and was succeeded by his deputy, General Olusegun Obasanjo, as Head of State. The first part traces the entry of the military into government in Nigeria in January 1966 until 1975, while the second examines the structure of the transition programme that led to the successful election of a civilian president in October 1979. 25 Decree no. The survey below only covers some of the significant transition decrees. 135 Interim Government (Basic Constitutional Provisions) Decree no 61 of 1993. Olagunju., Tunji, Adele Jinadu and Sam Oyovbaire. It once was Celtel, Zain among other changes of name over the years usually due to sale of ownership rights of the company. J.P. Clark’s “Ibadan, running splash of rust and gold-flung and scattered among seven hills like broken china in the sun,” visualized in a picture. Following the annulment of the presidential election, this decree was repealed on 26 June 1993 by the Transition to Civil Rule (Disqualification and Prohibition of Certain Presidential Aspirants) (Repeal) Decree no. 4, no. 2, September 1991): 5. (Lagos: Federal Government Printer, 1990): 314, hereafter called the Views on the Report of the Babalakin Commission. The powers of the judiciary have been weakened resulting in poor morale, caused by habitual disregard of judicial orders, insecure tenure and flagrant interference in the judicial process.143. (Government Printer, Lagos, 1994). In the exercise, Bayelsa State was carved out of the old Rivers State; Ebonyi State was carved out of the old Abia and Enugu State. Book-stack design on another Niger Road. delineate the country into constituencies for the purpose of organizing and contesting elections and registering persons eligible to vote in such elections. Nigeria currently has about 31 banks, including commercial, merchant, microfinance banks. In contrast to the transition programme of 1976-1979 which was regulated by two basic laws, General Babangida promulgated 57 decrees containing a total of 1,174 sections to govern the transition programme between 1986-1992.59 As a result, the process of implementing these laws (and their amendments) was often confusing. Nwabueze, B.O. Each of the 36 states is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares powers with the Federal Government as enumerated under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The Federal Capital Territory, also known as FCT, is the capital of Nigeria and located in the city of Abuja.

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