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    Mohammed Shuwa (1 September 1939 – 2 November 2012) was a Nigerian Major General and the first General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army's 1st Division...
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  • for internal security duties. It became part of 1 Division. Colonel Mohammed Shuwa (August 1967 – September 1969) Brigadier I.D. Bisalla (September 1969...
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    Buhari was assigned to the 1st Division under the command of Lt. Col Mohammed Shuwa. The division had temporarily moved from Kaduna to Makurdi at the onset...
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    Nigerian Army offensive was through the north of Biafra led by Colonel Mohammed Shuwa and the local military units were formed as the 1st Infantry Division...
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  • unknown. Mohammed Shuwa (72), was a Nigerian Army Major General and the first General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army's 1st Division. Shuwa commanded...
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    recalled and posted to the 1st Division under the command of General Mohammed Shuwa. In 1968, he became commander of the 44 Infantry Battalion which was...
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    Crimes. Idris Legbo Kutigi, chief justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria. Mohammed Shuwa, first commander of the Nigerian Army's 1st Infantry Division and former...
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  • May 1969 Mohammed Shuwa arrived with a large force of men in downtown Oguta. A large gun battle ensued and ended with the retreat of Shuwa's men and over...
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    Army troops of the First Nigerian Army Division, commanded by Colonel Mohammed Shuwa. The Nigerian Civil War, however, would continue for another nine months...
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    Minister of Defence) under the military administration of General Murtala Mohammed, the 4th Nigerian Head of State. Bisalla was a course mate of General Hassan...
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  • Onwuatuegwu to Umuahia for defense. On March 22, 1969, Nigerian General Mohammed Shuwa invaded modern-day Abia State with 8,500 men. A large force of MiG-17's...
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  • capture Umuahia during Operation OAU the Nigerian Col. Mohammed Shuwa decided to give it a try. Col. Shuwa put Lt. Col. Theophilus Danjuma in charge of the...
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  • the Aba-Umuahia road and managed to capture Aba on 15 October. Although Shuwa's 1st Division successfully captured Okigwe and the Obiangwu airstrip the...
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    Pass; Jalo Alh. / No 50, Geriyo St.; Maiunguwa Moh'D / 5 Warwar St.; Mohammed Shuwa / Opp Geriyo St.; Musa Gobe / 3 Benin Street; Musa Karim Lamido / 5...
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    point. He then went to Makurdi to inform divisional commander General Mohammed Shuwa of the plan. Nigerian forces in the Nsukka area began advancing in earnest...
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  • Lol Mahamat Choua (Arabic: لول محمد شوا; 15 June 1939 – 15 September 2019) was a Chadian politician who served as his country's head of state for four...
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  • 1970 - July 1975) Then Major Oluleye was second-in-command to Lt. Col Mohammed Shuwa at the 5th Battalion in Kano during the Nigerian Army Mutiny of July...
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    Bade, Hausa, Ngamo, Shuwa, Bura, Marghi and Manga. Languages of Yobe State listed by LGA: Other languages of Yobe State are Duwai, Shuwa Arabs, and Zarma...
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  • before Owerri's capture, the Biafran capital, Umuahia, fell to Col. Mohammed Shuwa's 1st Division and the capital was moved to Aba. Once Owerri was retaken...
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  • Luther Agwai M. I. Wushishi M. Ndatsu Umaru Mohammed Sani Sami Muhammadu Buhari Muhammed Shuwa Murtala Mohammed Oladipo Diya Olusegun Obasanjo Owoye Andrew...
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    Kyibaku, Kamwe, Kilba, and Margi groups in the south while the Kanuri and Shuwa Arabs live throughout the state's north and centre. Religiously, the vast...
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    Mohammed Sanusi Daggash (born 22 December 1960) is a Nigerian architect, economist and politician who was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives...
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    Somali: Shawa; Arabic: شيوا), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (Scioà in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly...
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    Al-Amin Daggash (category Nigerian Shuwa Arabs)
    in 1942 in Kirenowa, Marte local government of Borno State. He is of the Shuwa Arab ethnic stock and one of the eldest children of super Permanent-Secretary...
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    population of 89,123 at the 2005 Census. The majority of the population are Shuwa Arabs with Chadian Arabic used as the lingua franca. It forms a transborder...
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    ceasefire with Boko Haram. The attack happened in the villages of Bale Shuwa and Bale Kura, close to both Maiduguri and the city's military camp. On...
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    inspiration, and prayer, Al-Kanemi attracted a following, especially from Shuwa Arab networks and Kanembu communities extending far outside Borno's borders...
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    majority, and also nearby Gongola state. Waziri's first marriage was to a Shuwa Arab woman, Fatime; he later married two other wives, the last being Fatimah...
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    in Bauchi. The current governor of Bauchi State is Mr. Bala AbdulKadir Mohammed who emerged victorious in the 9 March 2019 Governorship election with the...
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  • Survey.[2] Mafti, Mohammed Rashad H. (2001) "Age, Geochemistry and Origin of the Peraluminous A-Type Granitoids of the Ablah-Shuwas Pluton, Ablah Graben...
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