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2019 Nigerian Senate Elections In Osun State
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on February 23, 2019, to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo representing Osun West and Ajibola Basiru representing Osun Central won on the platform of All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ..., while Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi representing Osun East won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party. Overview Summary Results Osun West A total of 20 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo won the election, defeating PDP Oyewunmi Kamorudeen Olalere and 18 other party candidates. Oriolowo received 41.38% of the votes, while Olal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power is to make laws, is summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are each divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator using the first-past-the-post electoral system; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator also using first-past-the-post. The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current Senate President is Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan and the current Deputy Senate President is Ovie Omo-Agege, both members of the APC. The Senate President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osun State
Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun State and to the west by Oyo State. Named for the River Osun—a vital river which flows through the state—the state was formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Osun is the ninth smallest in area and nineteenth most populous with an estimated population of about 4.7 million as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the Nigerian lowland forests in most of the state and the drier Guinean forest–savanna mosaic in the north. The major geographical features are rivers including the state's namesake, the River Osun which bisects the state's interior before forming much of the state's southwestern border with Oyo State and flowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo
Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo (born 25 April 1956) is a Nigerian senator representing Osun West Senatorial District at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress and is also an engineer. Early life and career Oriolowo was born in Molete, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, to father Raheem Akanji and mother Salimat Abidemi Oriolowo. He attended primary school at DC School Oke-Ifa (Oke Ifa) and Baptist Day School, Oke-Odo (1964 - 1970), Iwo. He took a break from his primary education to work as a shop keeper from 1968-1969 in Agbovile, Ivory Coast, in order to cover tuition for his secondary education at Baptist High School, from which he graduated in the year 1975. Next, he attended The Polytechnic, Ibadan for two years and earned an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mechanical Engineering in 1978, after which he spent a year working at the Nigerian Bottling Company run by Coca-Cola as a Mechanical Supervisor. In 1984, he earned a BSc degree in Agricul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajibola Basiru
Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru (born 1 July 1972) was a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice for Osun State in Nigeria. He also served as Commissioner in the Ministry of Regional Integration & Special Duties from August 2010 - November 2014. He was once a Lecturer in Osun State University November, 2014 - May 2017. Basiru, is the Senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and was appointed the Chairman Senate Committee on Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Societies. He was later meritoriously appointed as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs (Senate Spokesperson). Basiru is a member of the following Senate Committees: * Committee on Airforce * Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector * Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters * Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) * Committee on States and Local Governments Law career Basiru wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Progressives Congress
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully. In 2015, the APC won the majority of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, though it fell shy of winning a super-majority to override the ability of PDP to block legislation. During Buhari's first term, waves of defections led the party to lose its federal legislative majorities in 2018, with both Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara among the dozens of lawmakers that defected to the PDP. Nonetheless, Buhari was reelected in the 2019 general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi
Fadahunsi Francis Adenigba (born 12 July 1952) is a retired custom officer and a Nigerian senator representing Osun East constituency in the National Assembly's House of Senate. He was born in Ilase-Ijesa in Osun State Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogu ... on 12 July 1952 to Late Chief Israel Adekunbi Fadahunsi and Chief (Mrs.) Emily Fadahunsi, both indigenes of Ilase-Ijesa. Fadahunsi received his primary education in Saint Paul's Anglican Primary school, Ilase-Ijesa and then proceeded to have his secondary education at Abebeyin Anglican Modern School, Atakumosa West Local Government Area in 1964. References 1952 births Nigerian politicians Living people {{Nigeria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011 and was, until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May 1999. In the legislative election held on 12 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or action; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ademola Adeleke
Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke (born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman, who has served as governor of Osun State since 2022. He was the senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district from 2017 to 2019. He is from the Adeleke family of Ede in Osun State. He contested in the 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and defeated incumbent governor, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola of the APC who defeated him in the 2018 Osun State gubernatorial election rerun. Education Adeleke commenced his primary education at Methodist Primary School, Surulere Lagos State then relocated to Old Oyo State and attended Nawarudeen Primary School, Ikire. He progressed to The Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School, Ede also in the then Old Oyo State and later moved to Ede Muslim Grammar School Ede, where he finished his secondary school education before relocating to the United States. As he left Nigeria to continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olusola Adeyeye
Olusola Adeyeye is a Nigerian biologist and politician who was elected Senator for the Osun Central constituency of Osun State, Nigeria in the April 2011 federal elections. He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He also got re-elected into the Nigerian senate under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2015. Background Sola Adeyeye was born in Ila, Osun State. He attended Obokun High School when it was merged with Ilesa Grammar School. Adeyeye attended the University of Ibadan, where he was the editor of a students' newspaper. When the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo lifted the ban on politics in 1978, he worked for the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), the party of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. After Awolowo failed to be elected president in 1979, Adeyeye went abroad where he earned his graduate degree. He earned a PhD from the University of Georgia. Adeyeye later became a Professor of Biology at Duquesne University. Adeyeye married Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Omoworare Babajide
Babajide Christopher Omoworare (born 31 October 1968) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Osun East constituency of Osun State, Nigeria in April 2011, He ran on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He was re-elected into the Nigerian senate on 28 March 2015 under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) and was succeeded by Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in June 2019. Background Babajide Christopher Omoworare was born on 31 October 1968 in Ilesa, to a family from Ile-Ife, Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. His father was principal of a grammar school. His mother's father Adesoji Aderemi was Governor of Western Region in the Nigerian First Republic. Omoworare attended Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, graduating with a bachelor's degree in law in 1989. He went on to the Nigeria Law School, Lagos, and was called to the Nigeria Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was established in 1998 and is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria. History Regulation and administration of elections The administration of democratic elections in Nigeria dates back to the period before Independence when the Electoral Commission of Nigeria(ECN) was inaugurated in 1958 to conduct the 1959 federal elections. Prior to 1958, regional laws and government regulated and conducted elections. ECN was headed by an expatriate, Ronald Edward Wraith and four Nigerian members representing each region and the Federal Capital Territory of Lagos. The Federal Electoral Commission (FEC), established in 1960 conducted the immediate post-independence federal and regional elections of 1964 and 1965. Prior to the conduct of the 1964 election, the Chief Electoral Officer, Kofo Abayomi resigned and some party officials from the NCNC and Action Group doubted the credibility of a free and fair election. The elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
