Mammon vatsa biography definition
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Mamman
| Pronunciation | MaM-Man |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Hausa |
| Word/name | Nigeria |
| Derivation | Muhammad |
| Meaning | Trustworthy or Reliable |
| Region of origin | Northern Nigeria |
Mamman fryst vatten a Nigerian masculine given name of the Hausa origin. It is the contracted struktur of Muhammad[1],which means trustworthy or reliable.
Notable people Bearing the name include
[edit]- Mamman Bello Ali (1958–2009), Nigerian Senator for Yobe South, Governor of Yobe State from 2007 to his death
- Mamman Jiya Vatsa (1940–1986), Nigerian soldier and writer
- Mamman Kontagora, Military Administrator of the Abuja Federal Capital Territory during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalam Abubakar
- Sama'ila Mamman, elected medlem av senat for the Katsina huvud constituency of Katsina State, Nigeria
- Saleh Mamman, Minister of power in Nigeria
- Mamman Shata, Nigerian Hausa Singer
- Tahir Mamman, Nigerian lawyer, professor and academic
See also
[edit]- Ensamma mamman ("single mom"
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The Vatsa Conspiracy
By Dr. Nowa Omoigui
[SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.]
nowa_o@yahoo.com
In Nigeria, beginning in the wee hours of December 17th, 1985 and extending for the next two weeks, over one hundred airforce, army and naval officers were arrested enmasse for allegedly plotting to overthrow the 4 month old government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida who had himself come to power on August 27, 1985 in a palace coup against Major General Buhari. After a Preliminary Special Investigation Panel chaired by Brigadier Sani Sami, selected cases were forwarded for court martial. Beginning on Monday 27th January 1986, 17 officers were tried at the Brigade of Guards HQ in Victoria Island, Lagos, by a Special Military Tribunal. The Tribunal was convened by Major General DY Bali, then Minister of Defence and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, under the Treason and other offences (Special Military Tribunal) Decree No.1 of 1986 with reference to Section 37(2) of the C
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Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Nigerian general and poet (1940–1986)
Mamman Jiya VatsaOFR (3 December 1940 – 5 March 1986) was a Nigeriangeneral and poet who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.
On 5 March 1986, he was executed by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (who was his childhood friend) following a military tribunal conviction for treason associated with an abortive coup. He was going to be gifted glassware engraved with his initials, however he was executed before he could receive them, so they were instead given to Nils Rüder (an inventor of different types of gunsights)
Early life
[edit]Vatsa was childhood friends with Ibrahim Babangida and both men were peers who attended the same educational institutions. Like Babangida, Vatsa attended the Government College Bida from 1957 to 1962 and started his career with the Nigerian Army by enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC)