Position abolished Musa Usman (North-Eastern Nigeria) Usman Faruk (North-Western Nigeria) Audu Bako (Kano) Abba Kyari (North-Centeal Nigeria) David Bamigboye (Kwara) Joseph Gomwalk (Benue-Plateau)
Personal details
Born
Hassan Usman
(1933-03-31)31 March 1933 Katsina, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Katsina State, Nigeria)
Died
24 July 1995(1995-07-24) (aged 62) Kaduna, Nigeria
Relations
Muhammadu Dikko (grandfather)
Muhammadu Kabir Usman (brother)
Abdulmumini Kabir Usman (nephew)
Parent
Usman Nagogo (father)
Alma mater
Barewa College
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Occupation
Military officer
Awards
Independence Medal
Military service
Allegiance
British Empire (1956) Nigeria (1960)
Branch/service
Nigerian Army
Years of service
1956–1975
Rank
Major general
Battles/wars
Congo Crisis Nigerian Civil War
Hassan Usman Katsina (31 March 1933 – 24 July 1995), titled Chiroman Katsina, was a Nigerian general who was the last Governor of Northern Nigeria. He served as Chief of Army Staff during the Nigerian Civil War and later became the Deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters.
Hassan Usman Katsina (31 March 1933 – 24 July 1995), titled Chiroman Katsina, was a Nigerian general who was the last Governor of Northern Nigeria. He...
Katsina (UMYU) Alqalam University, Katsina (former Islamic University Katsina) Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic Federal College of Education, Katsina...
dan Muhammadu Dikko KBE CMG (1905 – 18 March 1981) was Emir of Katsina (Sarkin Katsina) from 19 May 1944, until his death. A Fulani from the Sullubawa...
by NCNC political philosophy. He, however, appointed Colonel HassanKatsina, son of Katsina emir Usman Nagogo, to govern the Northern Region, indicating...
Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic (HUKP) is a state polytechnic in Katsina, Katsina is located some 260 kilometers (160mil) east of the city of Sokoto and...
installed as deputy head of state. The New York Times reported that General HassanKatsina, a former Chief of Army Staff who had been demoted by Gowon, was said...
School in Wusasa and moved on to the Benue Provincial Secondary School in Katsina-Ala where he was the captain of the school cricket 1st XI team; he received...
State and Yobe State. North West: Jigawa State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Katsina State, Kebbi State, Sokoto State and Zamfara State. South East: Abia State...
Shahid Hamid - general in the Pakistan Army HassanKatsina - Nigerian general, son of the Emir of Katsina, and military governor of the Northern Region...
Kaduna State). He was also secretary of a committee set up by General HassanKatsina to unite the Northerners after a coup in 1966. In 1979, he was made...
Hassan Mashi is an academic, permanent secretary and current commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Katsina State. Badiyya Hassan was...
Eastern Region Major Mobolaji Johnson—Governor Lagos State Lt.-Col. HassanKatsina—Governor Northern Region Lt.-Col. David Ejoor—Governor Mid-Western Region...
On 23 September 1987, Babangida created two states: Akwa Ibom State and Katsina State. On 27 August 1991, Babangida created nine more states: Abia, Enugu...
Yar'Adua - Minister of Lagos Affairs (First Republic) and Matawalle of KatsinaHassanKatsina - Chief of Army Staff (1966–67), and Governor of Northern Nigeria...
Nigeria. He was born in Katsina, Katsina State. His parents were Hassan Rafindadi, one of the pioneer teachers at Katsina Middle School who later became...
the 4th Nigerian Head of State. Bisalla was a course mate of General HassanKatsina at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Before becoming the Defense Commissioner...
a helicopter crash in May 1968, he was replaced as COAS by General HassanKatsina. Joe Akahan Barracks is named after him, located in Makurdi, capital...
statement to deliver to the Military Governor of the Northern Region, HassanKatsina. The following day, riots broke out in the city, with the rioters targeting...
force in Liberia from 1996 to 1998. Malu was born on 15 January 1947 at Katsina-Ala, Benue State of Tiv origins. He enrolled in the Nigerian Defence Academy...
some Igbo refugees about to board a south bound plane. Lt. Colonel HassanKatsina, military governor of the Northern Region intervened with the assistance...
Yakubu Musa Katsina (born 1 January 1950) also known as Yakubu Musa Hassan is a renowned Islamic scholar and a member of the founding leaders of one of...
Bello, Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, HassanKatsina) tended to have familial connections and were also part of the Katsina-Kaduna-Zaria education axis, they...
Global Information
British Empire (1956)
Nigeria (1960)
Nigerian Army
Major general