Brigadier General (retired) Mohammed Buba Marwa

That year Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa the Lagos military governor sold another 26% of the state government's equity in the hotel in an opaque deal with Chagoury...

The final military governor in Lagos and now head of the drugs law enforcement agency (NDLEA) Brigadier General (retired) Mohammed Buba Marwa focused on security and recruited a direct labour force for roadbuilding and other public works...

The following names are contenders but few expect a quick decision: Colonel Hameed Ali Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service: a former Military Governor of Kudana State who is well-regarded by Buhari; Ahmed Rufai Abubakar Director of the National Intelligence Agency: a close friend of Kyari's and utterly trusted; Babagana Kingibe former foreign minister and intelligence specialist: long experience in government and close to Buhari's nephew Mamman Daura and long seen as a presidential contender; Ibrahim Gambari former foreign minister and ambassador to the UN: a unifier with good international network; Brigadier Mohammed Buba Marwa former military governor of Lagos state and founder of Albarka airline: popular and knows security from the inside; Adamu Adamu education minister: cerebral polyglot and worked with Mamman Daura on the New Nigerian; his pro-Iran views might grate with Saudi Arabia and United States; Muhammad Bello Minister of the Federal Capital Territory: an efficient administrator but may lack the required political savvy...

The list includes two ex-military officers: former Chief of Army Staff General Alwali Jauji Kazir and the former military Governor of Lagos State Mohamed Buba Marwa who may be appointed Aviation Minister - although he owns an airline...

Brigadier Mohammed Buba Marwa's detention in December on charges of Abacha-era corruption has raised the stakes...

Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa a former military Governor of Lagos State and a presidential hopeful for 2007 said Atiku had 'become a traitor to the cause of stability survival and corporate governance...

The clear frontrunners are former military leader General Ibrahim Babangida and former military state governor Colonel Mohammed Marwa...

Battle lines for 2007 are already being drawn between Vice President Atiku Abubakar former President Ibrahim Babangida and Mohammed Buba Marwa with little popular enthusiasm...

Entering from the wings is former military Governor of Lagos State Mohammed Marwa...

Northerners recall the Maitatsine riots in Kano in the early 1980s when naïve politicians and business people promoted Mohammed Marwa a charlatan from Cameroon whose bloody uprising was put down at the cost of more than 5 000 lives by troops commanded by Major Halilu Akilu later President Ibrahim Babangida's security chief...