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Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Chelsea Ada Ezerioha popularly known as Chelsea Eze was born on 15th November. She is a talented Nigerian actress.
Chelsea Eze hails from Umuahia in Abia State, in the Eastern part of Nigeria but was born and bred in Kano State. Her parents were both Bankers.
She had her secondary school Education at Federal Government Girls College Minjibir and St.Louis Secondary School both in Kano State. She proceeded to study English and linguistics at the University of Maiduguri.
She came into limelight in her first Nollywood film Silent Scandals where she acted alongside Genevieve Nnaji and Majid Michel. This breakthrough in her acting career came about as a result of being invited by producer Vivian Ejike to audition for a supporting role in Silent Scandals, and she was chosen to appear in the film.
It is worthy to note that Prior to her role in Silent Scandals, she was a model and her only acting experience was in stage plays in church. She has featured in several other popular films like Two Brides and a Baby (2011), Hoodrush (2012) and Murder at Prime Suites (2013).
Chelsea Eze within a short time in her career has been nominated and has won several awards including the Most Promising Actress award for her role in silent scandals, Best upcoming Actress and several others.

Biography Of Chelsea Eze, Actress, Abia State Celebrity

Olusegun Ọbasanjọ was born on March 5, 1938 in Ogun State, but he was raised up in Owu Abeokuta. Olusegun Obasanjo joined the Nigerian Army in the year 1958 when he was 21 years old. He was trained at the Aldershot and Defence Service Staff College, Wellington. He also trained at the Indian Army School of Engineering.
Olusegun Obasanjo served in Kaduna and Ibadan. During the Nigerian Civil War, he commanded the 3 Marine Commando Division that overcame Owerri, which action brought the civil
war to an end.
On July 29, 1975, after the successful military coup that brought Murtala Mohammed into power, Olusegun Obasanjo was made the deputy to Murtala Mohammed’s new government. After the attempted coup that led to the assassination of Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo became the military head of state. In 1979, Olusegu Obasanjo handed over power to the civilian government after the conduct of a successful election. This particular incident made Olusegun Obasanjo the first Military Head of state to transfer power peacefully to a civilian regime in Nigeria.
In the year 1999, Olusegun Obasanjo contested for presidency and won the election. Thereafter, he became the civilian president of Nigeria. In the year 2003, Olusegun Obasanjo was re-elected for a second term in office.
During Obasanjo’s regime, Nigeria’s GDP growth rate doubled to 6 percent until he left office. Nigeria’s foreign reserves also sky-rocketed from $2 billion in 1999 to $43 billion in 2007 when he left office.

Biography of Olusegun Obasanjo; Ex-President; Politician; Ogun State Celebrity

Bindo Umaru Jibrilla, former senator and Governor of Adamawa State was born on 16th June, 1963. He is an indigene of Adamawa State. He has been a businessman prior to joining politics. He contested for the April 2011 senatorial elections representing
Adamawa North Senatorial District and won.
However, His candidature was unsuccessfully disputed by the incumbent Senator Mohammed Mana. On 15 March 2011 both Former Governor Murtala Nyako and the state chairman of the party, Mijinyawa Umaru Kugama, said that they would not support Mohammed Mana and Grace Bent in their appeals. Later in March 2011 a Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed the appeal as lacking in merit. Mana appealed this ruling. Justice Kafarati affirmed the election of Jibrilla as PDP Candidate for Adamawa North Senatorial district
He is an industrialist who has established three companies in Mubi, employing about four hundred people. He is said to have been called upon by several youth organisations to challenge Mana, who was said to have neglected his senate district. He is known for his philanthropy and for empowering youths. He actually had an advantage with the youths vote.
Again, In the 2015 elections, he contested for the Governorship of the State under the Platform of the All Progressive Congress(APC) and won after defeating Nuhu Ribadu of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP)

Biography of Bindo Umaru Jibrilla, Governor

Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako is a native of Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa State, and was born on on August 27, 1943 to Alhaji Hamman-Yero and Hajiya Maryam Daso.
Murtala Nyako’s earliest education were at Mayo-Belwa Elementary School in January 1952 In the year 1958, Murtala Nyako had his secondary school education in Yola Middle School.
In June 1963, after his secondary school, he joined the Nigerian Navy as a cadet officer, there after, he proceeded for his officer training which he had at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England in September 1963. On September 1965, he was commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant.
After his training, he served in the Nigerian Navy until September 1993.
Murtala Nyako was also seriously engaged in agriculture. He deals in both livestock like cattle rearing and horticultural crops farming. He exported musk melons to Europe in a commercial quantity in January 1990. He also exported mangoes from his mango orchard of 50,000 trees to Europe in the year 1993.
In the year 2006, he joined politics. He contested and was elected Governor of Adamawa State in April 2007. In February 2008 his election was nullified by the Election Petition Appeal Tribunal. Later, a fresh election was re-scheduled, and Nyako was reelected. Consequently, he resumed office on April 29, 2008.
Murtala Nyako is a Commander of Federal Republic (CFR), and also a Grand Commander of the Niger (GCON).
In the 2015 elections, he contested for the Adamawa Central Senatorial seat and won under the platform of the All Progressive Congress(APC)

Biography of Abdul Aziz Murtala Nyako; Ex-Governor; Adamawa State Celebrity.