Shehu Shagari
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Shehu Shagari

Personal data
Date of birthFebruary 25, 1925(age 85)
Place of birthShagari, Sokoto State, Nigeria
Political partyNational Party of Nigeria
ReligionMuslim (Sunni)
6th President of Nigeria
In officeOctober 1, 1979 - December 31, 1983
PresidentAlex Ekwueme
Vice PresidentAlex Ekwueme
Succeeded byMuhammadu Buhari
Preceded byOlusegun Obasanjo

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Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, Turakin Sakkwato (born February 25, 1925,) served as the President of Nigeria's Second Republic (1979 � 1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo's military government.

Shagari is a northerner of Fulani extraction and holds the aristocratic title of Turakin Sakkwato in

the Sokoto Caliphate. He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1954 upon his election to the federal House of Representatives.

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New VC Soon For Sokoto University - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune---...- as allocate a temporary site for the take-off of the proposed Sokoto State University which would be named after former president, Alhaji -Shehu Shagari-. ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:06:10 GMT+00:00
Nigeria: 2011 - ACF Will Stand By Dictates of 1999 Constitution, says Abdulrahman - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com--Such groupings included the Turaki Committee under the leadership of former President Alhaji -Shehu Shagari-; the UDF under Sule Katagun and Abdulrahman ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:53:33 GMT+00:00
Nigeria: We're in Unusual Times, Says Atiku - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com--However, elder statesman and former presidential adviser to President -Shehu Shagari-, Tanko Yakassai said, "if Nigerians have now resorted to ethnic ... - Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:44:30 GMT+00:00
Nigeria: A Bond for Niger Bridge II - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com--President -Shehu Shagari- would be greatly remembered for pardoning Dim Ojukwu, IBB would be remembered for building the second Mainland bridge in Lagos, ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:33:43 GMT+00:00
Calm Down, IBB Will Run - A Reader's Response - THISDAY Tweet this news
THISDAY--Shortly after in 1979, I learnt the names of Alhaji -Shehu Shagari- and Dr. Alex Ekwueme as democratically elected civilian President and Vice President ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:05:47 GMT+00:00
Public Officers and Public Pressure - THISDAY Tweet this news
THISDAY--Former President -Shehu Shagari- may have hit the nail on the head on why corruption seems intractable in Nigeria when he blamed it on the continued pressure ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:11:46 GMT+00:00
Why Corruption Persists, by Shagari - THISDAY Tweet this news
THISDAY---...- family members and other dependants are some of the major factors fuelling corruption in Nigeria, former President, Alhaji -Shehu Shagari-, has said. ... - Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 05:48:42 GMT+00:00
CAC factions will still come together - Evang Bola Are - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune--Yes, when I released my 16th Album - Araba tun 'ra mu, towards the end of Alhaji -Shehu Shagari's- regime. The marketing strategy then was to give copies of ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:33:04 GMT+00:00
Aminu In His Elements - Nigeria Daily Independent Tweet this news
Nigeria Daily Independent--Look at -Shehu Shagari-, has he ever been flamboyant? That represents their limitations in governance and excesses. There were things they did well and should ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:45:56 GMT+00:00
Shagari institute to be revived to promote democracy - The Punch Tweet this news
The Punch--By Agency reporter, Published: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010 The moribund -Shehu Shagari- World Institute for Leadership and Good Governance in Nigeria is being ... - Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:28:51 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Olusegun Obasanjo
President of Nigeria
October 1, 1979 - December 31, 1983
Succeeded by
Muhammadu Buhari

Shagari's Ministers
OFFICE NAME TERM
President Shehu Shagari 1979 - 1983
Vice President Alex Ekwueme 1979 - 1983
Transportation Umaru Dikko 1979 - 1983
Agriculture Ibrahim Gusau 1979 - 1982
Adamu Ciroma 1982 - 1983
Commerce Maitama Bello Yusuf 1981 - 1983
Communications Akanbi Oniyangi 1979 - 1981
Isaac Shaahu 1981 - 1983
Minister of Defence Iya Abubakar 1979 - 1981
Akanbi Oniyangi 1981 - 1983
Housing Wahab Dosumu 1979 - 1982
Alhaji Ahmed Musa 1982 - 1983
Abuja John Kadiya 1979 - 1982
Abubakar Iro Danmusa 1982 - 1983
Education Sylvester Ugoh 1982 - 1983
Foreign Affairs Ishaya Audu 1979 - 1983
Justice Richard Akinjide 1979 - 1983
Steel Ali Makele 1979 - 1983


Presidents of Nigeria (List)

First RepublicAzikiwe
Military regimeAguiyi-Ironsi * Gowon * Mohammed * Obasanjo
Second RepublicShagari
Military regimeBuhari * Babangida * Shonekan (interim)* * Abacha * Abubakar
Fourth RepublicObasanjo * Yar'Adua * Jonathan



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