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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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    Third Republic after General Ibrahim Babangida handed power over to Ernest Shonekan as interim Head of State on 27 August 1993. The largely powerless government...
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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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    president to be elected to the position. The interim government of Ernest Shonekan who was deposed 83 days after taking office in 1993 is the shortest...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Olusegun Obasanjo Shehu Shagari Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida Ernest Shonekan Sani Abacha Moshood Abiola Abdulsalami Abubakar Umaru Musa Yar'Adua...
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    years, when he temporarily handed power to the interim head of state Ernest Shonekan in 1993. In 1993, General Sani Abacha overthrew the Interim National...
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