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    Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan GCFR (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim head of state...
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    announced that he would step down on 26 August 1993, and handed over to Ernest Shonekan as head of the Interim National Government (ING) on 27 August 1993...
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    Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari. The interim government of Ernest Shonekan, who was deposed 83 days after taking office in 1993, was the shortest...
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  • 1993, during the transitional presidency of her husband, Ernest Shonekan. Margaret Shonekan was born on 28 October 1941 in Gusau, British Nigeria, in...
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    d'état of 1993 which overthrew the Interim National Government of Ernest Shonekan. In his nationwide broadcast, Abacha portrayed the overthrow as an...
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    government to replace him. Ernest Shonekan was named as interim head of state. General Sani Abacha seized power from Shonekan on 17 November 1993, and became...
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    establishing the Interim National Government led by Ernest Shonekan. As interim president, Shonekan initially appointed Abiola as his vice president, who...
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    Olusegun Obasanjo Shehu Shagari Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida Ernest Shonekan Sani Abacha Moshood Abiola Abdulsalami Abubakar Umaru Musa Yar'Adua...
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    Tunde Idiagbon became the Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters. Chief Ernest Shonekan was made interim head of state of Nigeria following the crisis of the...
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  • Abdulsalami Abubakar 13 June 1942 (living) 8 June 1998(1998-06-08) (aged 55) Ernest Shonekan 9 May 1936 11 January 2022 26 August 1993(1993-08-26) (aged 57) Nnamdi...
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    activist, and health minister (30 December 1927 – 1 June 2003) Chief Ernest Shonekan, Interim President of Nigeria, 26 August 1993 – 17 November 1993 Chief...
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  • government, Babangida resigned and appointed Ernest Shonekan as interim president on 26 August 1993. Shonekan's transitional administration lasted only three...
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    government administrative and economic tasks. The council was led by Chief Ernest Shonekan – a prominent corporate executive from the south-west region. The new...
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    years, when he temporarily handed power to an interim head of state, Ernest Shonekan, in August 1993. In 1993, General Sani Abacha overthrew the Interim...
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    Minister General Sani Abacha, forced Interim President Chief Ernest Shonekan to resign. Shonekan assumed the interim presidency on 26 August 1993, succeeding...
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  • of State: Until 26 August: Ibrahim Babangida 26 August–17 November: Ernest Shonekan Starting 17 November: Sani Abacha Chief of General Staff: Until 26...
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    Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari. The Senate President David Mark...
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  • tense political climate. Following Babangida's resignation, Chief Ernest Shonekan was interim president in August 1993, but his administration faced...
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    President Obasanjo, President Shehu Shagari, General Yakubu Gowon, Ernest Shonekan and other former heads of government, former cabinet ministers, former...
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    a prince of Ogere Remo Dimeji Bankole Ebenezer Obey, jùjú musician Ernest Shonekan Fela Kuti (1938–1997), multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer...
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  • Adviser to three presidents; he was also the Chief of Army Staff during Ernest Shonekan and briefly Sani Abacha's regime, headed different intelligence agencies...
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    Ransome-Kuti, professor of pediatrics, former Minister of Health. Chief Ernest Shonekan, businessman and former head of the defunct interim government of Nigeria...
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  • elaborate a vision for the Church of Nigeria under the chairmanship of Ernest Shonekan, a former President of Nigeria. The vision elaborated was: The Church...
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    spent 9 years, 4 months in Niger prison. Shortly after the hijack, Ernest Shonekan's interim government was replaced by General Sani Abacha's government...
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    the Niger and son of Samuel Ajayi Crowther Dare Art Alade, musician Ernest Shonekan (born 1936), President of Nigeria Fela Sowande (1905–87), musician...
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    an interim government. In November 1993, the interim government of Ernest Shonekan was booted out and Sani Abacha became the new military Head of State...
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  • Osinbajo Dipo Dina (1960–2010), politician, philanthropist, administrator Ernest Shonekan (1936-2022), Nigerian lawyer and statesman Femi Fani-Kayode (b. 1960)...
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    Gowon, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan, Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Shagari. The Senate President David Mark...
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    Chu Okongwu 1986–1990 Olu Falae 1990–1990 Abubakar Alhaji 1990–1993 Ernest Shonekan Aminu Saleh 1993–1993 Sani Abacha Kalu Idika Kalu 1993–1994 Anthony...
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    relinquish power to a civilian government but not before appointing Ernest Shonekan head of an interim national government. Babangida's regime has been...
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