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Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos This is the busiest airport in Nigeria. It was built during the WWII. It has two terminals: the International and Cargo; and the Domestic terminals. Until 1970s, it was known as Lagos international Airport. Its current name was after the Murtala Muhammed, a military head of state of Nigeria from 1975-1976. This prime airport of Nigeria is located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. Statistics for Murtala Muhammed International Airport Year Total passengers % Increase Freight (tons) Total Aircraft movements 2003 3,362,464 -% 51,826 62,439 2004 3,576,189 6% 89,496 67,208 2005 3,817,338 6.3% 63,807 70,893 2006 3,848,757 0.8% 83,598 74,650 2007 4,162,424 7.5% 81,537 2008 5,136,920 ...

Muhammadu Buhari General Muhammadu Buhari, now President Muhammadu Buhari was born in Daura, Katsina State in Nigeria in December 17, 1942. After his secondary school, he became interested in the military and started it in the old Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC), now Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. That was in 1961. He proceeded to the Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in England and became a commissioned officer afterwards. In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, England. He went to the Defence Services’ Staff College, Wellington, India in 1973 and to the United States Army War College from June 1979 to June 1980. Muhammadu Buhari was a mastermind of December 31st, 1985 coup which ousted a democratically elected government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari.  His administration was fraught with blunders which included the Umaru Dikko botched kidnap otherwise known as the Umar...

Aso Rock Villa Aso Rock Villa variously called Aso Villa, The State House or Presidential Villa located in the three arms zone of Central Business District in Abuja, is a seat of power of Nigerian Government. The monumental edifice was built in 1991 when Nigeria's capital city was moved from Lagos to Abuja the same year. It took its name from a natural feature in the outskirts of Abuja, the Aso rock. Aso means victory. Therefore it could loosely be translated: the Rock of Victory. The iconic national white edifice is capped with a green dome in the order of the Nigeria's flag. The very first president to live in the official residence was the then military head of state: General Ibrahim Babangida who left office after the bungled 1993 presidential election. Background provided by the gigantic Aso rock and the lush lawn and natural trees and floowers accentuated the official aura of the villa. Standing at the foot of a huge rock coupled with myths that the rock ...