Lawal Haruna
 Wing Commander (retired) Lawal Ningi Haruna was military governor of Borno State Nigeria from August 1998 to May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar handing over to the elected civilian governor Mala Kachalla in May 1999.Group Captain Haruna was appointed administrator of Borno State in August 1998.He had to deal with controversy over the question of teaching Christian Religious Knowledge in public schools which was opposed by Muslim leaders in the predominantly Muslim state.On 3 November 1998 he announced that separate Muslim and Christian instruction would start in schools with sufficient numbers of Christian pupils as provided by the constitution. 