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2023 Nigerian Senate Elections In Kogi State
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State will be held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Kogi State, one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections will coincide with the 2023 presidential election, as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives; with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022. Background In terms of the previous Senate elections, none of the three incumbent senators were returned as Ahmed Ogembe (PDP- Central) lost re-election and Isaac Alfa (PDP-East) retired from the Senate while Dino Melaye (PDP-West) initially was re-elected but lost the rerun election. In the Central district, Yakubu Oseni (APC) unseated Ogembe with 53% of the vote while Jibrin Isah (APC) won the East district with 55%. In the West district, the original election was won by Melaye but it was annulled leading to a rerun election where Sm ... [...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] |
2019 Kogi State House Of Assembly Election
The 2019 Kogi State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Kogi State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 25 seats were up for election in the Kogi State House of Assembly. Results Yagba West APC candidate Aderonke Aro won the election. Yagba East APC candidate Musa Jimoh won the election. Omala APC candidate Musa Attai Hilarion Collins won the election. Olamaboro APC candidate Ujah Azewo Anthony won the election. Okene II APC candidate Ahmed Dahiru won the election. Okene I APC candidate Mohammed Lawi Ahmed won the election. Okehi APC candidate Muktar Bajeh won the election. Ogori/Magongo APC candidate Akande Oke Moses won the election. Ofu APC candidate Amodu Seidu Shehu won the election. Mopa-Muro APC candidate Ademola Bello won the election. Lokoja II APC candidate Ndako Idris Muhammed won the election. Lokoja I APC candidate Umar Isa Tanimu won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gbagyi People
Gbagyi or Gbari (plural - Agbagyi/Agbari) is the name and the language of Gbagyi/Gbari ethnic group who are predominantly found in Central Nigeria, with a population of about 1 million people. Members of the ethnic group speak two dialects. While speakers of the dialects were loosely called Gwari by both the Hausa Fulani and Europeans during pre-colonial Nigeria they prefer to be known as Gbagyi/Gbari. They live in the Niger, the Federal Capital Territory - Abuja, and Kaduna State. They are also found in Nasarawa central Nigeria Area. Gbagyi/Gbari is one of the most populated ethnic and indigenous group in the middle belt and Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria and their major occupation is farming. Pottery is also an occupation practiced by the women. History Social-political structure Historically, the Gbagyi/Gbari practice a patrilineal kinship system. The lowest tier of authority is found in the extended family compound led by the oldest male. The compound consist of small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebira People
The Ebira also known as Egbira people are an ethno- linguistic group of central Nigeria. Most Ebira people are from Kogi State, Nasarawa State. Until the separation of Kogi State from Kwara State, Okene was seen as the administrative centre of the Ebira-speaking people in Kogi state ,located not far from the Niger- Benue confluence. Since the formation of the state, the Ebira Ta'o people are found in four local governments namely: Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi and Okene each with their administration headquarters. Ebira Koto are found in Kogi and KotonKarfe LGA, Bassa LGA, Lokoja in Kogi and Abaji LGA in the Federal Capital Territory, and Nasarawa in Toto LGA. Another, the Eganyi are found in Ajaokuta LGA. And the Etuno can be found in Igarra town of Akoko-Edo LGA, Edo state. Geography In recent history, Ebira people inhabit a territory south-west of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers though some Ebira communities also reside north-east of the confluence, the territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogori/Magongo
Ogori-Magongo is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in Akpafa. It was created from the old Okene Local Government Area for the Ogori and Magongo people. They occupy the land from Obehira Ebaba to Lampese up to Ososo in Edo state. An area of more than 79 km (31sqm) A population of 39,622 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 263. There are two main towns in the LGA, Magongo and Ogori, which together form the name of the area. People of the area are renowned for their scholarship, hospitality and industry. Important festivals include the nationally acclaimed Owiya Osese festival for Magongo, held four weeks after Easter Sunday, while Ovia Osese festival for Ogori, is held annually two weeks after Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okene
Okene is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. The town is based in a Local Government Area of the same name. Okene runs along the A2 highway. It had an area of 328 km² and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census. The predominant people are the Ebira of central Nigeria; the local languages is Ebira. The postal code of the area is 264. People Okene is the birthplace of American Hockey League player and National Hockey League prospect Akim Aliu. Another prominent Nigerian that hails from Okene is Engineer Joseph Makoju, the former managing director of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and currently the Honorary Adviser to Mr President on Electric Power and the Honorary Adviser to the President/CEO Dangote Group on Strategies. Okene is also the birthplace of Governor Yahaya Bello. Education The Federal College of Education is situated in Okene along Okene-Lokoja road. There is also a satellite campus of the Kogi State Polythecnic. There are also different sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okehi
Climate Okehi is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Obangede. It has an area of 661 km and a population of 199,999 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal ... of the area is 264. Climate References Local Government Areas in Kogi State {{kogi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajaokuta
Ajaokuta is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria and a town within it on the left bank of the Niger River. The headquarters of the LGA are in the town of Egayin in the south of the area at . It has an area of 1,362 km and a population of 122,321 at the 2006 census. As of 2008 Ajaokuta, the town, had an estimated population of 16,039. The postal code of the area is 263. Ajaokuta Steel Mill The town is the home of the multibillion-dollar Ajaokuta Steel Mill, the largest steel mill in Nigeria. Begun by the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ... in 1979 under a cooperation agreement with Nigeria, the complex reached 98% completion by 1994. The steelworks have been called the "bedrock of Nigeria’s industrialization". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adavi, Nigeria
Adavi is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria, adjoining Edo State in the south and the state capital Lokoja in the north. Its headquarters is in the town of Ogaminana near the A123 highway in the southwest of the area at. It has an area of 718 km and a population of 202,194 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal ... of the area is 264. The inhabitants of Adavi are predominantly Ebiras AO. They also speak Ebiras language. Among their favourite staple foods are Igorigo (Beniseed), Ipapara (melon), Akara-etupa (groundnut cake), Iya (Pounded Yam), Apaapa (Beans Cake). People Adavi is the birth place of Nigerian politician and businessman, Khalifa Abdulrahaman Okene. Also from Adavi was former Nigerian Senator, Pius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Akpoti
Natasha Hadiza Akpoti (born 9 December 1979) is a Nigerian Barrister, Social Entrepreneur and Politician. She ran for the post of Senator for Kogi Central Senatorial District under Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the year 2019. She contested in the 2019 Kogi State Gubernatorial Election which was held on 16 November 2019. She is the founder of Builders Hub Impact Investment Program (BHIIP). Early life and education Natasha Hadiza Akpoti was born on 9 December 1979, she is the second of four children and the only daughter of a Nigerian father and a Ukrainian mother. Her mother, Ludmila Kravchenk, is a Ukrainian from Rakitna in the region of Chernivtsi. Her father, Dr. Jimoh Abdul Akpoti, is from Obeiba-Ihima, Kogi State. She spent her early years in Ihima, Okene Local Government She lost her father in 1998 and the family had to relocate. She studied at the University of Abuja from 2000 to 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree. She was called to the Nigerian bar in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abubakar Sadiku Ohere
Ohere Sadiku Abubakar FNSE, (born 13 July 1966) is a Nigerian politician and the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District . He hails from Okene LGA of Kogi State. He has served as the Special Adviser overseeing the affairs of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Kogi State from January to August in 2019. He has also served as the Honorable Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs until December 2019 with the same functions of overseeing the affairs of the Ministry. In January 2020, at the inception of the second tenure of Yahaya Bello, he was re-appointed to serve as the Honorable Commissioner for Works and Housing, a position he voluntarily resigned from on 16 April 2022, in pursuant of his aspirations to contest for Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the Federal Legislature. Abubakar Ohere is a Fellow of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE). Early life and education Ohere Sadiku Abubakar ... [...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] |
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