Yohanna Kure

Yohanna Yarima Kure (April 22nd, 1939 - November 2nd, 2023) was a Nigerian army officer. He was a member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council (1985-1987) at the onset of Ibrahim Babangida's administration and was member of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1983–1985) in Buhari's military government.

Kure is a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82nd Division, Enugu and the 2nd Mechanized Division, Ibadan.

Life Kure hails from Kurmin Musa in Kachia Local Government Area, southern, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He attended Provincial Secondary School, Zaria (1957 - 1962). In 1963, he joined Nigeria Military Training College and had further military training at Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Australia in 1964. Upon the appointment of Salihu Ibrahim as Chief of Army Staff, Kure and other Generals who were higher in rank to Ibrahim were retired. However, Babangida gave him a ministerial post after his retirement. He was Minister of Culture and Social Welfare in 1990 and was redeployed to the Sports Ministry in 1992. He died 2 November 2023.