Historians say British mapmaker Bartholomew Gosnold first made a map of the island for the rulers of England in sixteen-oh-two.
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Former supporters from all over the country, including the head of the army, Ishiaya Bamaiyi, and two former military rulers, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida (who is close to General Abubakar), are saying that it is time for the army to leave politics.
Thanks to their state-sponsored cradle-to-grave welfare systems, the UAE and other Gulf Arab monarchies have largely avoided the Arab Spring unrest which has unseated long-serving rulers elsewhere in the past two years.