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2023 Nigerian Senate Elections In Gombe State
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Gombe State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 Senate of Nigeria, federal Senators from Gombe State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 Nigerian presidential election, 2023 presidential election, as well as 2023 Nigerian Senate election, other elections to the Senate and 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives election, elections to the House of Representatives; with 2023 Nigerian elections#State elections, state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022. Background In the previous Senate elections, only one incumbent senator was returned: in the Central district, Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC) was re-elected but Usman Bayero Nafada (PDP-North) retired to 2019 Gombe State gubernatorial election, unsuccessfully run for governor and Senator Joshua Lidani (PDP-South) lost renomination. In the Central district, Goje held his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Nigeria
The Senate is the upper house, upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly (Nigeria), National Assembly. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's legislature and has the power to make laws, as summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. The lower house, lower chamber is the House of Representatives (Nigeria), House of Representatives. The President of the Nigerian Senate, 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 second in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate. The current President is Sen. Godswill Akpabio while the current Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Deputy President is Sen. Barau Jibrin, both members of the All Progressive Congress (Nigeria), APC. The Senate President and his deputy are assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gombe Central Senatorial District
Gombe may refer to: Places * Gombe State, Nigeria ** Gombe, Nigeria, the capital of Gombe State, Nigeria * Gombe, Angola * Gombe, Butambala, the capital of Butambala District in Central Uganda * Gombe, Wakiso, a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda * Gombe, Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Gömbe, Kaş, a community in the Turkish Riviera People * Christian Gombe (born 1962), Central African Republic basketball player * Kabiru Gombe, Nigerian Islamic teacher under izalah * Samson Gombe (1938–1989), Kenyan scientist and professor * Momee Gombe, Hausa actress and musician Other uses * Cyclone Gombe, a 2022 tropical cyclone in Africa * Gombe (dish), a traditional Norwegian dish * Gombey, a dance from Bermuda (sometimes spelt Gombe) See also * Gombe Stream National Park Gombe National Park () is a national park in Tanzania, located in the Kigoma District of the Kigoma Region. It was formerly called Gombe Stream National Park.Tanzania National Parks“Gom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammadu Aliyu Baba
Muhammadu is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa (born 1956), 13th Emir of the Fika Emirate * Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase (1948–1996), Nigerian military administrator * Muhammadu Aminu (died 1975), 17th Emir of Zazzau *Muhammadu Attahiru I (died 1903), 12th Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate * Muhammadu Attahiru II (died 1915), 13th Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate *Muhammadu Bako III (born 1972), Nigerian Emir of New Karshi *Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa (born 1944), Lamido of Adamawa * Muhammadu Bello Kagara (1890–1971), Nigerian educator, writer and royalist *Muhammadu Buhari (born 1942), President of Nigeria *Muhammadu Dikko (1865–1944), 47th Emir of Katsina *Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu (1931–2015), Nigerian politician and law enforcement officer * Muhammadu Faal (born 1997), English footballer *Muhammadu Gambo Jimeta (1937–2021), Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force *Muhammadu Gawo (1954–2019), Nigerian politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idris Abdullahi
Idris may refer to: People * Idris (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * Idris (prophet), Islamic prophet in the Qur'an, traditionally identified with Enoch, an ancestor of Noah in the Bible * Idris Gawr or Idris the Giant (c. 560–632), Welsh king * Idris I of Kanem, 14th century King of Chad * Idris of Libya (1889–1983), King of Libya * Idris I of Morocco (745–791), Emir of Morocco * Idris II of Morocco (791–828), Emir of Morocco and founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco, son of the above * Edrissa Sanneh, Italian television personality known as Idris Technology *Idris (programming language), a functional programming language with dependent types *Idris (operating system), a multi-tasking, Unix-like, multi-user, real-time operating system Other uses * ''Idris'' (genus), a genus of parasitic wasps * Idris, a brand of ginger beer produced by Britvic * Idris the Dragon, the singing dragon in the 1970s UK children's progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abubakar Mu’azu
Abū Bakr () is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" (Abu meaning 'Father of' and Bakr meaning 'Young Camel') that is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately. The most famous person to carry this name was Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ( 573–634), one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam. He was also Muhammad's father-in-law through Aisha. His real name was Abdullah, Abu Bakr being his kunya. Persons with the name People with the name include: Early and medieval Islam * Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (573–634) * Abu Bakr ibn Ali (650–680) * Abu Bakr ibn Hasan ibn Ali (died 680) * Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Hazm (died 737), Sunni Islamic scholar based in Madinah, Saudi Arabia * Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Malik (died 750), an Umayyad prince * Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (died 908), Persian sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of Nigeria
The Voice of Nigeria or VON ( Yoruba: ; Hausa: ; Igbo: ; Fula: ) is the official international broadcasting station of Nigeria. History Founded in 1961, the Voice of Nigeria began as the External Service of the then Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria). Then-Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa commissioned the service. The service provides an external channel through which authoritative information about the African situation can be disseminated. Initially, its transmission used a 10 kW HF transmitter, limiting it to West Africa, broadcasting for two hours daily in English and French. Broadcast hours increased to six in 1963 with the commissioning of five prototype RCA 100 kW transmitters. In 1989, five Brown Boveri transmitters with an antennae system were acquired. On January 5, 1990, VON became autonomous, and in 1996, three state-of-the-art 250 kW Thomcast AG transmitters were commissioned. This boosted VON's transmission to g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumo, Nigeria
Kumo is a city and the headquarters of Akko, Nigeria, Akko local government in Gombe State, Gombe state, northeastern Nigeria. Kumo is the second largest commercial center in Gombe state, It is located on the A345 highway (Nigeria), A345 highway approximately 40 km south of Gombe, Gombe, Gombe. It serves as a collecting point for vegetables, peanuts (groundnuts), cotton, and corn (maize) and as a local trade centre for the sorghum, millet, cowpeas, cassava (manioc), goats, cattle, sheep, fowl, and cotton raised by the Fula people, Fulani, Tangale language, Tangale, and Hausa language, Hausa peoples of the surrounding area.The secondary highway between Gombe, Nigeria, Gombe and Yola, Adamawa, Yola serves the town. Notable people *Usman Bello Kumo, is the current chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs. He also held the same position in the Seventh Assembly. *Aliyu Modibbo Umar, (Former FCT Minister) *Saidu Kumo, Sa'idu Umar Kum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gombe State University Of Science And Technology, Kumo
Gombe State University of Science and Technology, Kumo is a public university that was established in 2017. It is located in Kumo, Gombe State Nigeria. The University was approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) as the 2nd State University in Gombe State, making it the 46th State University, 86th Public University and 154th University in Nigeria. Gombe State Government under the leadership of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya signed a historic MoU with Lincoln University College of Malaysia to activate and upgrade the State's University of Science and Technology, Kumo as a centre of academic excellence in March 2022. Founded in 2017, Gombe State University of Science and Technology is a public higher education institution located in Kumo, Gombe. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria, Gombe State University of Science and Technology (GSUST) is a coeducational higher education institution. Gombe State Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premium Times
''Premium Times'' is a Nigerian online newspaper based in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The newspaper was launched in 2011. The online medium is notable for investigative journalism and reports, among other fields. Recognition * Nominated for the "Website/blog of the year" award at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award (2013) * Pulitzer Prize for participating in the international consortium that investigated the Panama Papers, revealing corruption and offshore tax havens used by highly placed people (2017). * Global Shining Light Award for the investigative work on the extrajudicial killings in Nigeria's South-East and how the Onitsha Massacre of pro-Biafra supporters was coordinated (2017). * Lagos state governor's award and commendation for gender-sensitive reportage (2023). Partnership with ''Business Day'' newspaper In September 2023, ''Premium Times'' announced a partnership with ''Business Day A business day normally means any day except a legal holiday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punch
''The Punch'' is a Nigerian daily newspaper founded on August 8, 1970. Punch Nigeria Limited is registered under the Companies Act of 1968 to publish newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. The newspaper's aim is said to be to "inform, educate and entertain Nigerians and the world at large." History ''The Punch'' was founded by Olu Aboderin, James Aboderin, an accountant, and Sam Amuka Pemu, Sam Amuka, a columnist and editor at the ''Daily Times of Nigeria''. Amuka became the first editor of the ''Sunday Punch''. In November 1976, a few years after the first print of its Sunday edition, the duo started printing their trademark daily newspaper. Both editions were designed to favor a friendlier Apoliticism, apolitical approach to news reporting, combining footage of social events with everyday political news. The paper sustains itself by delving into broad issues that interest myriad of people.Adigun Agbaje, "Freedom of the Press and Party Politics in Nigeria: Precepts, Retro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard (Nigeria)
''Vanguard'' is a Nigerian daily published by Vanguard Media, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Vanguard Media was established in 1984 by journalist Sam Amuka-Pemu and three friends. The paper currently has an online edition. In June 1990, the paper's publication was briefly suspended by Col. Raji Rasaki, the Military Governor of Lagos State Lagos State (, ) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West, Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, Nigerian states, Lagos is the second List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state but the List of Nigerian states by area, smallest .... In December 2008, "current affairs resource" website ''Point Blank News'' published a story that alleged the wife of the publisher of Vanguard Newspapers was involved in a ritual killing. ''The Vanguard'' took the reporter to court, claiming he was attempting extortion. In December 2009, a Niger Delta peace activist commended Vanguard Newspaper for its reporting on the government's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (born 9 October 1961) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has served as the governor of Gombe State since 2019. Early life Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya was born on 9 October 1961 in Jekadefari, Gombe, Gombe State. His father, Alhaji Yahaya Umaru, was a famous businessman. Education Yahaya attended the Central Primary School and the Government Science Secondary School in Gombe. He then studied at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1983. Career Yahaya has worked in both the public and the private sector. He started his working career with the Bauchi State Investment and Property Development Company, where he was a principal accountant from 1984 to 1985. He was a managing director of A.Y.U Civil Engineering Company Ltd from 1993 to 1999. In 2003, he was appointed as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development by Governor Muhammed Danjuma Goje. Professional associations Yahaya is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
