Abdulsalami Abubakar GCFR (/ˌɑːbdəlsəˈlæmi ˌɑːbuˈbɑːkɑːr/ ; born 13 June 1942) is a retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state...

Fatima Lami Abubakar CON (born 12 April 1951) is a Nigerian jurist who was the First Lady of Nigeria during the term of Abdulsalami Abubakar from June 1998...

Shehu Shagari, Muhammadu Buhari and Ernest Shonekan). Obasanjo and Abdulsalami Abubakar resigned after Nigeria's transition to democracy in 1979 and 1999...

General Abdulsalami Abubakar became the new head of state and chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council. On 29 May 1999, General Abdulsalami Abubakar stepped...

later and he was succeeded as Nigeria's head of state by General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Abacha was born and brought up in Kano to a Kanuri family originally...

General Abdulsalami Abubakar became head of state in Nigeria on 9 June 1998 after the death of General Sani Abacha. Abubakar replaced or transferred the...

served as Chief of Defence Staff, two heads of state (Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar) also served as Chiefs of Defence Staff.[citation needed] "Irabor...

Major General Muhammadu Buhari General Ibrahim Babangida General Abdulsalami Abubakar Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was made the Head of the Federal...

military regime of General Sani Abacha and his successor General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Ogwuma was born on 24 April 1932 in Abayi, Abia State. He is of...

General Abdulsalami Abubakar, adopted a new constitution on 5 May 1999, which provided for multiparty elections. On 29 May 1999, Abubakar handed over...

but did not take office after the party was dissolved by General Abdulsalami Abubakar following Abacha's death. He was State Treasurer of the All People's...

Yar'Adua 16 August 1951 5 May 2010 29 May 2007(2007-05-29) (aged 55) Abdulsalami Abubakar 13 June 1942 (living) 8 June 1998(1998-06-08) (aged 55) Ernest Shonekan...

military commanders appointed Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar as his successor. A week later, Abubakar ordered Obasanjo's release, sending a plane...

Trinidad and Tobago. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (born 1942), Yemeni politician Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian general and politician Abu Baker Asvat (1943–1989)...

former Nigerian military leader Abdulsalami Abubakar and also including the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, and Omar Touray, president of the...

December 1997 4 years, 34 days  Nigerian Army – 6 Abubakar, AbdulsalamiMajor General Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942) later military ruler 21 December 1997...

of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime. He was the first non-army officer to hold that position in...

Michael Akhigbe (1946–2013) 9 June 1998 29 May 1999 (Handed over to civilian government) 354 days Provisional Ruling Council General Abdulsalami Abubakar...

Bali (1984–1990) Sanni Abacha (1990–1993) Oladipo Diya (1993–1993) Abdulsalami Abubakar (1993–1998) Al-Amin Daggash (1998–1999) Ibrahim Ogohi (1999–2003)...

served as Chief of Defence Staff, two heads of state (Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar) also served as Chiefs of Defence Staff.[citation needed] General...

1996 to 1999 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar and governor of Borno State from 1990 to 1992 during the military...

nation has never been the same. When Abacha suddenly died, General Abdulsalami Abubakar from Niger State in North-Central Nigeria took over the reins of...

(b. 1944) 1990 1999 Ibrahim Babangida Ernest Shonekan Sani Abacha Abdulsalami Abubakar 9 Arthur Christopher Mbanefo (b. 1930) 1999 2004 Olusegun Obasanjo...

ruler of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha in 1998, his successor General Abdulsalami Abubakar initiated the transition which heralded Nigeria's return to democratic...

Justice Fati Lami Abubakar and former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar. She is married to Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello. She received...

Siaka Stevens In office 7 July 1999 – 8 September 1999 Preceded by Abdulsalami Abubakar Succeeded by Alpha Oumar Konaré Personal details Born (1935-12-26)26...

1996 to 1999 during the military regime of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar. His older brother was Major General Musa Bamaiyi, former Head of...

the university appointed Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, as its Chairman of the Governing Council and Board of Trustees....

1998, Diya was pardoned by the late Head of State's successor, Abdusalami Abubakar. Most people believed that the much-hyped coup was, in fact, a ploy by...

1990–1990 Abubakar Alhaji 1990–1993 Ernest Shonekan Aminu Saleh 1993–1993 Sani Abacha Kalu Idika Kalu 1993–1994 Anthony Ani 1994–1998 Abdulsalami Abubakar Ismaila...