KINGIBE, Baba Gana

BA, diplomat ad-ministrator, b; June 25, 1945; ht: Maiduguri; so: Borno; m: Kolo Kyari; has children; ed: University of Sussex, England, 1968; British Broadcasting Corpora-tion Television Training School, London, cr: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969-70; Head, Current Affairs and Features Department, Northern Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation ofNigeria), 1970-72; Exter-nal Affairs Officer, Ministry of External Af-fairs, Ugos, 1972-75; snr. Counsellor, Nigerian High Commission, London, 1975-76; Principal Political Secretary, Supreme Military Headquarters, Ugos; Principal Political Secretary, Executive Office ofthe President, 1976-81; Nigerian. Ambassador to Greece with concurrent Accreditation to Cyprus, 1981-84; Nigerian Ambassador to Pakistan, 1984-87; Secretary, Constituent Assembly, Abuja, 1988-89; v-p. candidate,-to MKO Abiola in the annulled June 12, 1993,;presidential election; min. External Affairs, 1994-96; Internal Affairs, 1996-98, Power and Steel, 1998; United Nations Special Envoy to D'afur,* Sudan, 2006; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SOF), 2007-08; fd: Officer ofthe Order of Valour, Republic of Cameroon; pp: ch. defunct Social Democratic…