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John Yakubu
John Yakubu is a former chairman of Esan North-East local government area. He was the running mate of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the People's Democratic Party nominee in the 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election The 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election was held on 28 September, 2016 to determine the Governor of Edo State. The election was originally scheduled for 10 September, however two days before, on 8 September it was postponed due to security con .... References Living people Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) politicians People from Edo State Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esan North-East
Esan North-East (Uromi/ Uzea) is a town and Local Government Area located in Edo state of Nigeria with an estimated population of 119,346. It has an area of and a population density of (2016). Towns and villages Uromi, Egbele, Unuwazi, Utako, Onewa, Awo, Uzea, Eror, Idumoza, Arue, Ubierumu-Oke, Ebue, Ewoyi, Odigwele, Eguare, Oyomon, Eko-Ibadin, Efandion, Atani, Ualor-Oke, Amedokhian, Ukoni, Ewoki, and Ebun. Economic mainstays Commerce, cottage industry, agriculture, furniture making, and wood processing. Tourist centers and attractions Onojie places. Natural resources Rubber, kaolin, and timber. Major agricultural products Cassava, rice, yams, maize, tomatoes, okra, melon, cocoyam, and rubber. Health facilities General hospital, clinics, and maternity homes. Educational facilities There are 15 secondary schools and 35 private primary schools. Among these schools are the Our Ladies of Lourd, Girls College, and Onewa Technical College. Geography Esan North-Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Mate
A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position (such as the vice presidential candidate running with a presidential candidate) but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as by saying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, were running mates in relation to the presidential elections held in the United States in 2020 and Kenya in 2013 respectively. Running mates may be chosen, by custom or by law, to balance the ticket geographically, ideologically, or personally; examples of such a custom for each of the criteria are, geographically, in Nigerian presidential elections, in which a presidential candidate from the predominantly Christian south is typically matched with a vice presidential candidate from the predominantly Muslim north, and vice versa, ideologically, the Brazilian general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osagie Ize-Iyamu
Osagie Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian pastor, politician, former Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Edo state government. He was the gubernatorial candidate of the Edo state People's Democratic Party for the 2016 Edo state gubernatorial election. He is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was the National Vice-Chairman, South-South Zone, of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He is the current APC gubernatorial candidate for the just concluded Edo gubernatorial election in Edo State. He lost to the incumbent governor, Obaseki. Ize-Iyamu served as Director General of Adams Oshiomhole's 2nd term Campaign Organisation. He was also the Coordinator of Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation in Edo State, 2015. Recently, he was honoured by the Benson Idahosa University Early life and family Osagie Ize-Iyamu was born in Benin City to Chief Robert Osayande Ize-Iyamu and Mrs. Magdalene Naghado Ize- Iyamu (née Obasohan). His father was a revered high chief of ... [...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 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo State Gubernatorial Election, 2016
The 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election was held on 28 September, 2016 to determine the Governor of Edo State. The election was originally scheduled for 10 September, however two days before, on 8 September it was postponed due to security concerns. The incumbent governor, Adams Oshiomhole, was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits established in the Fifth Amendment to the Nigeria Constitution. He was succeeded by Godwin Obaseki, who defeated PDP candidate Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the election. Electoral system The Governor of Edo State is elected using the plurality voting system. PDP primary In the PDP primary election held on 20 June 2016, Osagie Ize-Iyamu polled a total of 584 votes to defeat Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, his closest rival, who had 91 votes while Solomon Edebiri scored 38 votes. Candidates *Party nominee: Osagie Ize-Iyamu: former Chief of Staff to the Edo State governor and Secretary to the State Government *Running mate: John Yakubu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanguard (Nigeria)
''Vanguard'' is a daily newspaper published by Vanguard Media, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Vanguard Media was established in 1984 by veteran journalist Sam Amuka-Pemu with three friends. The paper has an online edition. It is one of the few newspapers in Nigeria considered independent from political control, the others being This Day, The Punch, The Sun and The Guardian. In June 1990, the paper was briefly suspended by Col. Raji Rasaki, Military Governor of Lagos State. In December 2008, the US-based ''Pointblanknews.com'' 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 The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria) Politicians
People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: *People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) *People's Democratic Party (Dominican Republic) *People's Democratic Party (Egypt) *People's Democratic Party (Fiji) *Peoples Democratic Party (India) *People's Democratic Party (Indonesia) *Peoples Democratic Party (Kenya) *People's Democratic Party of Liberia *People's Democratic Party (Macedonia) *People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) *People's Democratic Party (Serbia) * People's Democratic Party (Sierra Leone) *People's Democratic Party (South Korea) *People's Democratic Party (Spain), 1982–1989 *People's Democratic Party (Spain, 1974) * People's Democratic Party (Sudan) *People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan * People's Democratic Party (Taiwan) *People's Democratic Party (Tonga) *People's Democratic Party (Transnistria) or Proriv *People's Democratic Party (Trinida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Edo State
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form " people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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