Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. As a Nigerian state,Ogun is the second most industrialised state after Lagos,with a focus on metal processing. It has good road and rail connections to the harbours in Lagos and Lekki. Wole Soyinka,winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1986,lives in Ogun.
Gbenga Daniel is a Nigerian politician who served as Senator for Ogun East since 2023. He previously served as governor of Ogun State from 2003 to 2011.
Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha is a Nigerian senator who represented Ogun East constituency of Ogun State from 2019 to 2023. He previously represented the same constituency from 2007 to 2011 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),running for re-election on the Labour Party ticket in the 2011 elections,he polled only 8,762 votes. Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka of the ACN won with 76,543 votes.
Chief Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya was a Nigerian politician,lawyer,activist,welfarist,and liberal progressive.
Isara-Remo is an ancient town in the present-day Remo North Local Government Area in Ogun State in Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Remo North LGA local government area (LGA). It has an area of 199 km2 and a population of 59,911 at the 2006 census. It is the 6th largest town in Ogun state following Abeokuta,Ijebu Ode,ijebu Igbo,Sagamu and Ago Iwoye. Isara-Remo is almost exactly halfway between Lagos and Ibadan,very large metropolitan cities that have strongly influenced the history of Nigeria. Isara also is a very agricultural city having large fields very fertile for agriculture as well as having large deposits of Muscovite,high quality clay,granite,quarry,and sand. Isara-Remo is right beside Ipara-Remo and they share similar traditions.
Oru-Ijebu is a semi-urban town located in Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State,South-Western Nigeria. It is bordered by Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State and shares close territorial boundaries with Ijebu Igbo,the headquarters of Ijebu North,Ogun state. The town is alternatively known as Ijebu-Oru and according to the 2006 census has a population of about 27,000 people. The traditional ruler and community leader of the town is called the Oloru of Oru-Ijebu and he is Oba Abdulrasaq Olufemi Adebanjo. The town houses a refugee camp which is located on the outskirts 500m away from the town,housing refugees from Liberia and Sierra-Leone. Oru town is rich in various types of precious stones and metals.
Buruji Kashamu was a Nigerian politician who served as a Senator representing Ogun East in the 8th National Assembly. Ogun East covers eleven local government areas:Ijebu North East,Ijebu North,Ijebu-Ode,Ijebu East,Ikenne,Odogbolu,Remo North,Sagamu,and Ogun Waterside. Senator Kashamu was the vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government.
Olanrewaju Adeyemi Tejuoso is a Nigerian politician. He was a senator from Ogun State at the 8th Assembly.
Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo popularly known as Pepper was a Nigerian businessman and politician. Osinowo was a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Until his death,he was Senator representing Lagos East at the 9th Nigerian National Assembly.
The 2023 Ogun State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Ogun State,concurrent with elections to the Ogun State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Dapo Abiodun was eligible to run for re-election.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Lagos State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Lagos State,Nigeria. The election for Ojo federal constituency was declared inconclusive due to collation of results allegedly being interrupted by accusation and counter-accusation by agents of the political parties. On the 10th of March 2019,INEC declared PDP's Tajudeen Obasa,winner of the election.
The 2019 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Ogun State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Ogun State,Nigeria.
The 2015 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Lagos State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Lagos State,Nigeria.
The 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives elections were held on 25 February 2023 where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting in all 360 federal constituencies. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Lagos State was held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Lagos State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided 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.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ogun State was 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 presidential election in Lagos State was 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,were also held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Ogun State was held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Ogun State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided 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.
The Lagos East senatorial district in Lagos State,Nigeria covers the local government areas of Epe,Ibeju-Lekki,Ikorodu,Kosofe,and Somolu. The senator currently representing the district is Tokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress who was elected with 87.2% of the vote in 2020.
James Adisa Owolabi is a businessman and a Nigerian politician serving as the Federal Representative for the Ifako Ijaiye constituency in the 9th Nigerian National Assembly at the House of Representatives. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Owolabi serves on the Pilgrims Affairs Committee and is its vice chairman until May 2023.
