Osun State,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.
Ayedaade/Isokan/Irewole Federal constituency is a National Assembly delegation in Osun State,Nigeria. It has been represented by Patricia Etteh,the former speaker of the House of Representatives,since 2007.
Isiaka Adetunji AdelekeListen was a Nigerian politician,he was a two time senator who represented Osun West from 2007 to 2011 under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was elected again under the banner of the All Progressives Congress in 2015. He ran for re-election in April 2011 on the PDP platform,coming second with 77,090 votes behind the eventual winner Mudasiru Oyetunde Hussein of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) who polled 121,971 votes.
Mudasiru Oyetunde HusseinListen is a Nigerian politician who represented the Alliance for Democracy for two terms (1999–2007) in the House of Representatives. He was elected Senator for Osun West in Osun State,Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections,running on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform.
Iyiola Ajani Omisore is a Nigerian businessman,engineer,and politician who served as Deputy Governor of Osun State from 1999 to 2003. Subsequently,he served as a member of the Nigerian Senate for Osun East from 2003 to 2011. He is the current National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress.
Sunday Olawale FajinmiListen is a Nigerian politician and an entrepreneur.
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade,or Sijuade,was the fiftieth traditional ruler or Ooni of Ife from 1980 to his death in 2015,taking the regnal name Olubuse II. Ife is a traditional Yoruba state based in the town of Ife in Osun State,Nigeria. He was crowned on 6 December 1980 in a ceremony attended by the Emir of Kano,Oba of Benin,Amayanabo of Opobo and Olu of Warri,as well as by representatives of the Queen of England.
Najeem Folasayo Salam,popularly called Iwaloye,is a Nigerian politician,philanthropist. He is a former speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly. Aside Dr. Najeem Folasayo Salaam's active presence in progressive fold politics as a grassroot politician,he has several academic publications to his credit. One of such works is the best-selling textbook,Rudiments of Government and Politics,published in 2019 by Concept Publications,Lagos,Nigeria,which he co-authored with Dr. Solomon Ayegba Usman.
Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke(Listen) 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.
Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Osun State from 2018 to 2022. He contested for the Osun State gubernatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 2018 gubernatorial election and won. On 23 March 2019,a tribunal declared him to have not been legally returned and ordered INEC to issue certificates of return to Senator Adeleke of the PDP,which was contested at the Court of Appeal. Prior to his winning the election,he was the Chief of Staff to Rauf Aregbesola,his predecessor.
The election for Governor of Ogun State took place on 9 March. The election was held concurrently with various state-level elections. All Progressive Congress candidate Dapo Abiodun,who is a former senatorial aspirant and chairman of CAC,defeated Allied Peoples Movement candidate Adekunle Akinlade,African Democratic Congress candidate Gboyega Nasir Isiaka,Peoples Democratic Party candidate Buruji Kashamu and Action Democratic Party candidate Dimeji Bankole.
Chief Raji Ayoola Adeleke was a Nigerian politician,a labour activist and a senator in the second republic who represented Osun State Senatorial District 11 which comprises six Local Governments —Ede,Osogbo,Irepodun,Ifelodun,Odo Otin,Ila Orangun.
The 2014 Osun State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 9 August 2014,the APC nominee Rauf Aregbesola won re-election,defeating Iyiola Omisore of the PDP.
The 1991 Osun State gubernatorial election occurred on December 14,1991. SDP candidate Isiaka Adeleke won the election.
The 2022 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held on 18 June 2022,in Ekiti State,and on 16 July 2022,in Osun State. The last regular gubernatorial elections for both states were in 2018. Before the elections,the All Progressives Congress held both offices with Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi being term-limited after serving his second nonconsecutive term and Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola running for a second term with his party's nomination. In the post-elections situation,the APC held Ekiti with a victory for former Secretary to the State Government Abiodun Oyebanji but lost Osun as Oyetola was defeated by former Senator Ademola Adeleke—the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election took place on 16 July 2022,to elect the governor of Osun State. Incumbent All Progressives Congress Governor Gboyega Oyetola was eligible for re-election but lost by a 3.5% margin to former Senator Ademola Adeleke—the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party. Adeleke and his running mate,Kola Adewusi,were inaugurated on 27 November. However,the Election Petition Tribunal overturned the result on 27 January 2023,awarding the win to Oyetola;Adeleke immediately appealed the ruling and remains in office pending the results of further litigation.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Olusola Adeyeye representing Osun Central,Christopher Omoworare Babajide representing Osun East and Isiaka Adeleke representing Osun West all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2007 Nigerian Senate election in Osun State was held on 21 April 2007,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Osun State. Simeon Oduoye representing Osun Central,Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke representing Osun West and Iyiola Omisore representing Osun East all won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Osun State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Osun State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Osun 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.
Listen Adebayo Ayoade Salami on 26th July 1951 in Oshogbo,Osun state. [1] He was a Nigerian politician who served as Senator representing the Osun State Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform.[ citation needed ] He resumed office on 29 May 1999. [2] After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999,he was then appointed to committees on Public Accounts,Labor (vice-chairman),Power &Steel and Water Resources. [3] In a May 2001 debate over importing beans from Burkina Faso,Bayo Salami was in the minority when he argued that whatever could be done to feed Nigerians and make food affordable to the people should be done. [4]