New gate of Murtala Square under construction on August 2021
Former name(s)
Kaduna Race Course
Namesake
Murtala Ramat Muhammed
Maintained by
Kaduna State
Location
Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
North
Race Course Road
East
Race Course Road
South
Muhammadu Buhari Way (Waff Road)
West
Independence Way
Construction
Completion
c. 1950
Murtala Muhammed Square is a public square in the City of Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria formerly known as the Kaduna Race Course. Its renamed in honour of the then military Head of State Murtala Ramat Muhammed.[1][2]
^"Murtala Muhammad Square" Nigeria Today Kaduna.
^"The Metamorphosis Of Kaduna Murtala Square" Daily Trust Kaduna Retrieved
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state there are many architectural buildings like Ahmadu Bello Stadium, MurtalaSquare, Investment house, Kaduna central market, and Sultan Bello Mosque. The...
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reservation areas. It lies 10.5 miles (17 km) northwest of Lagos city. The Murtala Muhammed International Airport is located in the city. Ikeja is also home...
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polo club in Nigeria. It is located in Kaduna state at the Murtala Ramat Mohammed Square. It was founded in 1918, the Patron of the club is His Royal...
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using the plurality voting system. The APC primary election was held at MurtalaSquare, Kaduna. El-Rufai was declared the winner of the contest unopposed,...
pushed back by the Nigerian Second Division, under the command of Col. Murtala Muhammed. The Federal troops gained the upper hand, and forced the Biafrans...
proclamation of the republic in 1963. Following the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed in 1976, his successor General Olusegun Obasanjo initiated the...
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the recommendation of the Akinola Àgùdà–led committee set up by General Murtala Muhammed to review the need for a new capital for Nigeria in 1975. The...
Institute is also located in Jos-North at British America junction along Murtala Mohammed way. Both the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) and the...
then-state of Sokoto during the local government reform under the General Murtala administration. Bunza shares bounders in the east with Kalgo LGA, the latter...
Nouakchott, Mauritania Diori Hamani International Airport (NIM); Niamey, Niger Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS); Lagos, Nigeria Saint Helena Airport;...
estimated to be unemployed. There is a large racecourse named Murtala Mohammed Square, approximately 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) round, inside which is found...
and shot.[citation needed] On the 29th of July 1966, Danjuma along with Murtala Mohammed, Buka Suka Dimka, Muhammadu Buhari, Sani Abacha, Musa Usman, Ibrahim...
implementation were carried out by the Military Government of General's Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. However, the foundation of Abuja was under...
day alongside the government. In 2017, the Guards Brigade cemetery near Murtala Mohammed Way in Abuja was inaugurated as a place for burying active and...