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Anambra North Senatorial District
Anambra North Senatorial District in Anambra State covers seven local government areas which include Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Oyi, Ogbaru, Anambra East, Anambra West and Ayamelum. There are 1,392 Polling Units (Pus) and 99 Registration Areas (RAs). Onitsha North LGA INEC Office is the collation centre. A president of the 4th Senate between 1999 and 2000, Chuba Okadigbo is from this district. Stella Oduah of the people’s Democratic Party is the current representative of Anambra North Senatorial District. Notable people from Anambra North Senatorial District Stella Oduah Chuba Okadigbo Willie Obiano Lynda Ikpeazu Alfred Achebe Tony Nwoye Umu Obiligbo Valarian Maduka Okeke Emmanuel Obimma Osita Osadebe Notable places in Anambra North Senatorial District Ogbunike Cave Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam General Hospital Onitsha Main Market Onitsha River Niger Omambala River Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha All Saints Cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anambra State
Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State to the north. According to the 2022 census report, there are over 9 million residents in the state. The state name was formed in 1976 from the former East Central State. The state is named after Omambala River, a river that runs through the state. Anambra is the Anglicized name of the Omambala. The State capital is Awka, a rapidly growing city that increased in population from approximately 700,000 to more than 6 million between 2006 and 2020. The city of Onitsha, a historic port city from the pre-colonial era, remains an important centre of commerce within the state. Nicknamed the "Light of the Nation", Anambra State is the eighth most populous state in the nation, although that has seriously been argued against as Onitsha, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerian Okeke
Valerian Maduka Okeke (born 20 October 1953) is a Nigerian prelate who serves as the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province. He was born in Umudioka, Anambra State and ordained to the priesthood on 11 July 1981 by cardinal Francis Arinze, who was then the Archbishop of Onitsha. After his ordination, he worked as a parish vicar at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, under Emmanuel Otteh. Valerian Okeke later served as parish priest of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows' Parish, Umuoji (1983- 1986). He served as the Rector of the provincial seminary, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, before he was appointed the co-adjutor Archbishop of Onitsha by Pope John Paul II, on 28 November 2001. He was consecrated Co-adjutor Archbishop on 9 February 2002, by Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla. Works Since his ordination, Okeke has served on various committees of the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Nigeria, and as chairman of the conferenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th National Assembly
9th National Assembly may refer to: * 9th National Assembly of France * 9th National Assembly of Laos * 9th National Assembly of Nigeria * 9th National Assembly of Pakistan * 9th National Assembly of Serbia * 9th National Assembly of South Korea * 9th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Nigeria National Assembly
The 8th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 9, 2015 and the assembly ran its course until June 9, 2019. Composition The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. The National Assembly comprises 469 members elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The House of Representative consists of 360 members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 59 were elected on the platform of the APC and 49 were elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party following the sudden death of Senator Ahmed Zanna elected on the platform of PDP to represent Borno Central. Only six of the senators were women. The women elected were Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife who both represent Anambra, Monsurat Sunmonu from Oyo state, Fatimat Raji Rasaki, Grace Okoji Oku, Oluremi Tinubu and Binta Garba. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi
Princess Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi (née Oduah; born 5 January 1962), is a Nigerian Senator and former Minister of Aviation. She was confirmed to the ministerial post and sworn in on July 2, 2011 and was deployed to the Ministry of Aviation on July 4, 2011. She was however relieved of her duties as Minister of Aviation on 12 February 2014. She was also active in the political campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan, where she served as his campaign's Director of Administration and Finance. In 2013, she was one of the delegates chosen by the President to attend the Papal inauguration of Pope Francis together with David Mark, President of the Senate and Viola Onwuliri, Foreign Minister. On 23 February 2017Punch Newspaperreported her four companies accounts frozen over alleged indebtedness of $16,412,819.06 and N100,493,225.59 by the Federal high court in Lagos. The four companies are Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Limited, Sea Shipping Agency Limited, Rotary Engineering Servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th National Assembly
7th National Assembly may refer to: * 7th National Assembly of France * 7th National Assembly of Laos * 7th National Assembly of Namibia * 7th National Assembly of Nigeria * 7th National Assembly of Pakistan * 7th National Assembly of Serbia * 7th National Assembly of Slovenia * 7th National Assembly of South Korea * 7th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th National Assembly
6th National Assembly may refer to: * 6th National Assembly of France * 6th National Assembly of Laos * 6th National Assembly of Namibia * 6th National Assembly of Nigeria * 6th National Assembly of Pakistan * 6th National Assembly of Serbia * 6th National Assembly of Slovenia * 6th National Assembly of South Korea * 6th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th National Assembly
5th National Assembly may refer to: * 5th National Assembly of France * 5th National Assembly of Laos * 5th National Assembly at Nafplion * 5th National Assembly of Namibia * 5th National Assembly of Nigeria * 5th National Assembly of Pakistan * 5th National Assembly of the Philippines * 5th National Assembly of Serbia * 5th National Assembly of Slovenia * 5th National Assembly of South Korea * 5th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's 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 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umu Obiligbo
Umu may refer to: * A variety of earth ovens in Polynesia, including: ** Māori umu tī, used to cook ''Cordyline australis'' and other varieties of Cordyline with similar large tap roots. ** Māori hāngi, also called umu in Samoa, especially in older texts * (u)mu, the Class I singular noun class in the Kinyarwanda language * Umu Oma, a village in southeastern Nigeria * Willaq Umu The Willaq Umu ("priest who recounts", hispanicized spelling ''Villac Umu'') were the High Priests of the Sun in the Inca Empire.Prescott, W.H., 2011, The History of the Conquest of Peru, Digireads.com Publishing, They were usually the brothers of ..., High Priests of the Sun in the Inca Empire See also * UMU (other) * Yumu (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onitsha North
Onitsha North is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-east Nigeria. Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ... is the only town in Onitsha North and Onitsha South LGA. Climate Onitsha North LGA has an average temperature of 26°C. The dry and rainy season are the Two major seasons in the LGA .The area are usually characterized by heavy and frequent rainfall. The River Niger flows through the Local government. Schools Here is the list of secondary schools in Onitsha North Local Government Area: * Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha *Learning Field International School, Omagba ** * Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Onitsha * Queen Of The Rosary College, Onitsha * Ado Girls’ Secondary School, Onitsha * St. Charles College, Onitsha * St. Charles Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Oduah
Princess Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi (née Oduah; born 5 January 1962), is a Nigerian Senator and former Minister of Aviation. She was confirmed to the ministerial post and sworn in on July 2, 2011 and was deployed to the Ministry of Aviation on July 4, 2011. She was however relieved of her duties as Minister of Aviation on 12 February 2014. She was also active in the political campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan, where she served as his campaign's Director of Administration and Finance. In 2013, she was one of the delegates chosen by the President to attend the Papal inauguration of Pope Francis together with David Mark, President of the Senate and Viola Onwuliri, Foreign Minister. On 23 February 2017Punch Newspaperreported her four companies accounts frozen over alleged indebtedness of $16,412,819.06 and N100,493,225.59 by the Federal high court in Lagos. The four companies are Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Limited, Sea Shipping Agency Limited, Rotary Engineering Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
