{"id":15396,"date":"2017-03-14T11:50:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15396"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:01:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T09:01:10","slug":"sami-hrh-major-general-mohammed-sani-rtd","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/sami-hrh-major-general-mohammed-sani-rtd\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMI, HRH (Major-General) Mohammed Sani (rtd.)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> traditional ruler, soldier, administrator; b: October 24, 1943; ht: Zuru; so: Sokoto; m: Fatima Tobi, 1968;nc: two s, one d; ed: Junior Primary School, Zuru, 1950-53; Senior Primary School, Kontagura, 1954-56; Government College, Bida, 1957-62; Nigerian Military training College, 1962-63; Command and Staff College, 1977; International Defence Management Course, California, USA, 1978-79; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, 1983. cr: Joined Nigerian Armed Forces, 1962; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1963; Platoon Commander, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kawo, Kaduna, 1963- 66; served in Tanzania 1964; detachment Commander-in-Charge of Security, Kainji Dam Construction, 1966; detachment Commanderin- Charge of Mining Operations, Bukuru, Jos, 1967; Platoon Commander, Company Commander and later Battalion Commander, 1967-70; Brigade Major, 32 Infantry Brigade, Jos 1970-71; Commandant, 1 Infantry Division Training School, Kaduna, 1971; Commander, 2 Infantry Brigade, Nsukka, 1972; Commander, 2 Infantry Brigade, Abakaliki, 1973; Commanding Officer\/Commander, Brigade of Guards, Dodan Barracks, Lagos, 1974-76; Commander, 31 Infantry Brigade, Makurdi, 1976-77; Colonel General Staff, Headquarters, 1 Infantry Division, Kaduna, 1977-79; Commander, 33 Infantry Brigade, Maiduguri, 1980-81; Commander, 13 Airpotable Brigade, Calabar, 1981, Commander, Nigeria\/Cameroon Border Operations, 1981; Chief of Staff, UN Interim Force in the Lebanon, 1981-82; dir. Infantry, Army Headquarters, Lagos, 1982-84; Military gov. Bauchi State, 1984-85; Officer, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, 1985- 87; former Commanding Officer of 82nd Division; appointed General Officer Commanding Mechanised Division, November 1988; Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, since 1995; mm: National Institute, 1983.nh:Forces Service Star; Defence Service Medal; National Service Medal; Nigeria Crisis Medal; Federal Republic Medal, fh: UNIFIL Medal, hob: reading, writing, swimming, gardening, walking, res: Emir of Zuru Palace, Zuru Emirate Council, Kebbi State. School, Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo, University of Lagos; cr: Insurance Officer, Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Company Ltd; Stints in various other outfits, till 1981; md\/ceo. Sammy-Sun Insurance Con sultants, 1981; c-ch. Prestige Insurance Brokers Ltd, sincel988; prcsd.\/Sponsor, Soyewo Foundation till date; f. Nigerian Corporation of Insurance Brokers; mm: Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria; Chartered Insurance Institute of London; Nigerian Institute of Man agement; Institute of Director; sc: Lions Club; Reliable Club; Club 1 of Nigeria; award: Distinguished Alumnus, University of Lagos, 1995; International Lion&#8217;s President Award for Outstanding Leadership; res: Adan-Bride Royal Family, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,253,389],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15396","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-military","category-royalty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20603,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15396\/revisions\/20603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15396"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}