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	Ernest Shonekan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ernest Shonekan (born 1936) is a (A native or inhabitant of Nigeria) Nigerian businessman and politician.
		Shonekan's transitional administration only lasted three months, as a coup led by (additional info and facts about Sani Abacha) Sani Abacha brought the government back under military control on November 17.
		Prior to his political career, Shonekan was an executive with the (additional info and facts about United African Company) United African Company (UAC), a large Nigerian conglomerate.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/er/ernest_shonekan.htm (114 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chief Ernest Shonekan, lawyer and former Chairman of the UAC of Nigeria, is probably the most politically sober of the lot billed to meet with Oputa on Monday.
		Shonekan, 65, also argued in the past that a major factor capable of solving political crisis in the country is the equitable distribution of income.
		The short stay of Chief Ernest Shonekan however, hardly witnessed any form of human rights abusesbeside that he was seen to have been hoisted by the military dictatorship to suppress the popular will and had also refused to quit or appeal when the law court ruled that his ING was illegal.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2001/11/17/20011117cov05.html (492 words)

	The Chinua Achebe Foundation Interview Series: Chief Ernest Shonekan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Shonekan: The general lack of discipline in the society is symptomatic of the breakdown of values.
		Shonekan: The emphasis on ethnicity and religion is obviously unhealthy for the country, and this is part of the challenge of nation building in Nigeria.
		Shonekan: The problem with elections in Nigeria seems to be connected with the lack of a democratic culture, and this is, itself, a product of the prolonged period of military rule.
	www.kwenu.com /achebe/2005/3shonekan.htm (2706 words)

	Storia della Nigeria: Tutte le informazioni su Storia della Nigeria su Encyclopedia.it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rimasto senza il supporto militare e popolare, fu costretto a lasciare il potere a Ernest Shonekan, un uomo di affari di primo piano considerato super partes.
		Shonekan avrebbe dovuto governare fino alle successive elezioni, programmate per il febbraio 1994.
		Mentre il paese scivolava lentamente verso il caos, il Ministro della Difesa Sani Abacha assunse rapidamente il potere e forzò le dimissioni di Shonekan il 17 novembre 1993.
	www.encyclopedia.it /s/st/storia_della_nigeria.html (4337 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Nigeria Report
		Abacha was widely believed to have forced out Babangida, leading to widespread dissension in the military that may have forced Abacha to seize open control of the government and assume the mantle of head of state.
		Shonekan was believed to be a puppet of Abacha, a key figure in the military coup that ended the civilian government in 1983 and in the coup that put Babangida in power two years later.
		State television issued a statement attributed to Shonekan in which he purportedly said there had been a great deal of "restiveness in the military" and instability in the country.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nigeria/stories/general111893.htm (384 words)

	OF CANT AND FAIRY TALES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ernest Shonekan, the shameless toad that was procured from the British neo-colonial sewage to offend the sensibilities of Nigerians by Ibrahim Babangida gave an interview in ThisDay [September 9
		Ernest Shonekan was inflicted on Nigerian political space by Ibrahim Babangida through the instrumentality of Aliyu Mohammed Gusau of the Nigerian military intelligence, who was then his National Security Adviser.
		It is known that Shonekan was issued fraudulent payment vouchers, by the Babangida regime which he [Shonekan] gleefully displayed to members of the diplomatic corps in Nigeria, as ‘evidence’ of the attempt by the winner of the 1993 presidential election, to compromise the integrity of the chairman of electoral commission.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /oarticles/of_cant_and_fairy_tales.htm (744 words)

	History of Nigeria
		Without popular and military support, he was forced to hand over to Ernest Shonekan, a prominent nonpartisan businessman.
		Shonekan was to rule until new elections, scheduled for February 1994.
		Although he had led Babangida's Transitional Council since early 1993, Shonekan was unable to reverse Nigeria's ever-growing economic problems or to defuse lingering political tension.
	infotut.com /geography/Nigeria (3636 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On rural electrification, he told Shonekan that N3 billion had been sunk into the provision of electric power to 350 villages within the past five years.
		Shonekan also inspected the N18 million Azare General Hospital, which is under construction.
		At the inauguration of the Dugunde - Madara road, Shonekan noted that the provision of democracy dividends to the populace is the most important test of leadership in the current dispensation.
	www.ngrguardiannews.com /business/article03/230904 (555 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		So, from Ernest Shonekan the boardroom maestro to Pascal Dozie the man who says he is no more working but takes tea, to the professionals, every known name in the Nigerian business is handing over to the next generation of operators from his family.
		Chief Ernest Shonekan, former Head of State is a core-corporate boardroom player who made his mark at UAC Nigeria plc.
		It is said that Shonekan may never have come close to controlling the amount of wealth at the disposal of his son.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2002/10/05/20021005sho01.html (1725 words)

	Nigeria - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Nigeria
		Babangida promised fresh elections but later persuaded the SDP and the main opposition party, the National Republican Convention, to agree to talks aimed at establishing an interim government, excluding Abiola.
		In August Babangida postponed the talks and stepped down, nominating Ernest Shonekan, a civilian, as his successor.
		Shonekan headed an interim administration until November 1993, when he was replaced by the defence minister, Gen Sani Abacha (1943–98).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Nigeria (3753 words)

	BNW News Blog: Biafra Nigeria World News Index and Digest: Shonekan sad over state of Nigerian varsities
		Shonekan who expressed his displeasure at the presentation of a book titled “Perspectives in university management” edited by Professor Julius Onah, former Vice-Chancellor Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and his wife, a staff of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.
		Shonekan was more disturbed that despite the poor situation of the universities, their students have imbibed destructive tendencies on campuses, stating that the events at the University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University are more depressing.
		Shonekan called on managers of tertiary institutions to imbibe some of the ideas canvassed in the book.
	news.biafranigeriaworld.com /archive/daily_independent/2005/06/10/shonekan_sad_over_state_of_nigerian_varsities.php (387 words)

	Nigeria
		With British backing, he is even alleged to have nominated Shonekan for the position back on August 25 when outgoing General Babangida decided to make Shonekan the Chairman of the ING as an exit strategy, rather than General Obasanjo (rtd) or one or two other contenders.
		With Shonekan’s “resignation letter” in hand, General Abacha invoked a version of the legally moribund Decree No. 61 of 1993 as the basis for his assumption of power as the “most senior” Minister.
		Chief Ernest Shonekan took over as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces at a most trying time in the history of the country.
	www.dawodu.com /omoigui20.htm (1583 words)

	www.ibrahimmantu.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu and famous novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe are among 191 people to be accorded national honours.
		Shonekan is to be conferred with the highest national honour, Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR), while Mantu and Achebe are to receive the award of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR).
		He said that at the end of the screening exercise a total of 191 nominees were successful.
	www.ibrahimmantu.com /news_2.html (432 words)

	The Sun News On-line \| News On The Hour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Former Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who led a three-month Interim Naional Government (ING) in 1993, was Sunday, February 20, 2005 confined to an aircraft for 50 minutes at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
		Chief Shonekan’s confinement was as a result of the temporary closure of the airport owing to the fact that President Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidential jet was expected to land.
		It would be recalled that Senators Jubril Aminu and Dahiru, among others, had suffered the same fate as Shonekan February 1, 2005, when the Abuja airport was temporarily closed for hours owing to the departure of African heads of state, who had attended the annual summit of the African Union concluded that morning.
	www.sunnewsonline.com /webpages/features/newsonthehour/2005/feb/25/newsbreak-25-02-2005-001.htm (527 words)

	BNW News: Biafra Nigeria World News: Pride of Africa: Biafra NigeriaWorld is the Authority on BiafraNigeria:: the home ...
		In an interview with The Guardian in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Shonekan said either now or in the future, he would not stake his name or resources in partisan politics.
		Reviewing the reform programmes of the Federal Government, Shonekan observed that Nigerians and the government were singing discordant tunes on the initiative.
		Following the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by the late businessman, Chief Moshood Abiola, Shonekan was appointed the head of the ING by former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) on August 26, 1993.
	news.biafranigeriaworld.com /archive/2004/dec/04/047.html (565 words)

	Online NewsHour -- Nigeria in Transition: Nigeria's Post-Colonial Political Turmoil
		Shonekan's main focus was to oversee local elections in late 1993 and presidential elections early in 1994.
		But even as the new government worked to plan the elections, differences within the government quickly emerged.
		The divisions came to a head on November 17, 1993, when Shonekan's vice president -- and before that, Babangida's defense minister -- General Sani Abacha, overthrew him.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/nigeria/political_history_9.html (71 words)

	Egbe Omo Yoruba (National Association of Yoruba Descendants in North America)
		On the eve of the eighth anniversary of his presidency on August 26, Babangida pulled out from the military and handed over to an interim national government he handpicked under Chief Ernest Shonekan, the man he had called eight months earlier to head a transitional council that was to implement the extended transition programme.
		Abacha immediately scrapped the National Assembly and the elected governments at the state and local levels, thus effectively returning Nigeria to military rule less than three months after the one promised as the last.
		Shonekan’s personality, composure and policies did not inspire confidence and drew no sympathy when Abacha shoved him aside.
	www.yorubanation.org /Newslink/Newslink41.htm (2694 words)

	Nigeriaworld -- The Obasanjo tragedy, The Yoruba and the future of Nigeria
		In many ways, Obasanjo is only an extension of that same streak that produced Ernest Shonekan.
		And of course the Yoruba appropriately treated him (Obasanjo) thus during the electioneering campaign until he got to power and confused them - including, to confess, this writer - by pretending to be on the path of reviving, at least minimally, the Nigerian Union.
		But that is what has happened always, with even Moshood Abiola, who spent most of his life fighting against that dominant power elite in Yoruba land, only to be supported and comforted by them in the twilight of his life and political career.
	nigeriaworld.com /columnist/adebanwi/021603.html (3438 words)

	Vanguard - Columns : President’s best is not good enough
		Shonekan might have endured the least time in tenure but he still had us to contend with.
		There was this little encounter with Shonekan at Ake Square, 10 years or so later.
		If we were circumspective in relation to Ernest Shonekan, we were very unsparing with Sani Abacha.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/columns/voiceofreason/vor19062005.html (1466 words)

	Nigeriaworld -- A tale of two traitors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Before the June 12 debacle, the name Ernest Shonekan commands a lot of respect.
		He, no doubt, must have done some empirical analysis of the bankrupt contemporary political situation and feel confident enough to come out and insult the intelligence, honour and self respect of Nigerians who are magnanimous enough to tolerate him for his nuisance value.
		Though, it appears it might be too much asking for kindheartedness from a man like Shonekan, because no one could give what he or she does not have.
	nigeriaworld.com /columnist/oyeyemi/122702.html (1147 words)

	champion-newspapers.com teasers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That was rather awkward because nobody had accused him of receiving Ghana-must-go bags not when Abeokuta based business magnet Chief[Mrs] Mulikat Shonekan, wife of sibling of former head of state Chief Ernest Shonekan has claimed responsibility for getting him to endorse IBB’s return.
		Alhaji ought not to have made an issue of money exchanging hands given that no one had made any such allegation and he was within his democratic right to support any candidate of his choice or even be patron to any group that catches his fancy.
		The governor said staff of the airline had assured him that every complaint made against the outfit by the authorities had been fully addressed by the company and that it was only a matter of days before business commences.
	www.champion-newspapers.com /snapshot/teasers (1979 words)

	About Volker Securities & Investments Ltd - Making Nigeria Stronger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CHIEF (DR) ERNEST A. Chief Shonekan, who hails from Abeokuta was educated at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos and the University of London, graduating in Law in 1962, the year he was also called to the bar.
		In 1992 Chief Shonekan was appointment as Chairman of the Transitional Council and subsequently in 1993 briefly served as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the Interim National Government.
		Chief Shonekan holds the traditional title of Abese of Egbaland.
	www.volkersecurities.com /about-volker.htm (325 words)

	The Head Heeb: Great moments in judicial activism
		After Shonekan was sworn in, Abiola's lawyer drafted a petition against the government which was filed with then-Senator Bola Tinubu (currently Governor of Lagos) as the named plaintiff.
		With no precedent to support her and with the shadow of the military looming large over Shonekan's government, it seemed certain that Justice Akinsanya would uphold the Interim National Government.
		What is less well-known, however, is that Shonekan initially obeyed the order by resigning and invoking the provisions of the 1989 constitution to fill the vacant presidency.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/020438.html (882 words)

	Nigeria's 'Bungee Jumping"
		I am revisiting the past by publishing a piece that I wrote for this column in the November 1993 edition of the African Profiles International.
		The article was published on November 12, exactly five months after the annulment of the June 12 elections in Nigeria and five days before General Sani Abacha ousted Ernest Shonekan’s Interim National Government.
		In the context of the multiplicity of challenges presently confronting Nigeria, and the glaring lack of courage by the leadership to deal with them decisively, the key message in this piece, which is about courageous leadership, and that “leadership is about action not about position,” remains unchanged.
	www.kwenu.com /publications/hankeso/bungee_jumping.htm (1278 words)

	Will Democracy Spawn a Civilian Dictator in Nigeria
		Accounts of his rise to power abound, and one speaks of how he grafted himself onto the Interim National Government of Chief Ernest Shonekan, instituted in August 1993 after the annulment of the June 12 presidential elections and the exit of General Ibrahim Babangida.
		However, made Defence Secretary and Vice-Chairman of the Shonekan ‘government’, it was only a matter of time before Abacha took over the reins of government himself.
		He was to rule Nigeria for nearly four years, during which time he totally personalised the government, looted the treasury, and unleashed a most obnoxious and authoritarian rule on the country.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /warticles/will_democracy_spawn_a_civilian.htm (1719 words)

	INTERIM NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chief Ernest Shonekan's regime was that of necessity.
		Having served in General Babangida's regime as Chairman of the Transitional Council, Chief Shonekan had no option than to accept the leadership of the country at the exit of General Babangida.
		The serious political problems generated by the annulment of the Presidential election created problems for Chief Shonekan's regime.
	www.uiowa.edu /intlinet/unijos/nigonnet/ugo/interim_national_government.htm (122 words)

	Boston Globe Online / Table of Contents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Businessman Moshood Abiola was generally believed to have won the election, but the results were annulled by the former military leader, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
		Babangida then installed a highly unpopular puppet interim government run by Ernest Shonekan.
		Abiola proclaimed the decision "a significant victory for the people of Nigeria." But last week Shonekan resigned and was replaced by another military leader, Gen. Sani Abacha.
	www.boston.com /globe/search/stories/nobel/1993/1993f.html (722 words)

	NIGERIAN ANRCHISTS RESIST THE DICTATORSHIP: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Babangida promised to hand over power to a civilian government on August 27th and then appointed a wealthy businessman and friend, Ernest Shonekan.
		After the price of petrol was raised by 700%, the central labour union, the Nigerian Labour Congress, called out its members on indefinite strike to protest.
		In response the military, led by General Sani Abacha,Babangiada's long standing associate, sacked Shonekan's team and re-seized power on November 17th, 1993.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/africa/wsfws/1_1nigeria.html (554 words)

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