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 Abeokuta,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.
Ijebu Igbo is a town in Ogun State,Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Authority of Ogun State,Nigeria. It is approximately a 15-minute drive north of Ijebu Ode.
Somolu is a local government area (LGA) in Lagos. It is located in Southwest Nigeria,North of Lagos city,and its administrative headquarters is located on Durosimi Street. Somolu Local Government is part of the Lagos East Senatorial Zone and a lawmaker represents the district at the Federal House of Representatives. Somolu is plagued by problems of poor sanitation,high rent,overall poverty,and youth criminal subculture. It is also known for its printing industry,which is the largest in Lagos and one of the most diverse in the world. Most notably,offset and digital print shops can be found both off and on Bajulaiye Road as well as Oguntolu and many more.
Chief Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya was a Nigerian politician,lawyer,activist,welfarist,and liberal progressive. He was a member of the Action Group,on whose platform he was elected to the Western House of Assembly to represent Ijebu-Igbo constituency in 1959. He served in the Nigerian Senate during the Second Republic under the Unity Party of Nigeria. He was a leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group,Afenifere,and a founding member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO),whose activism contributed to the return of democratic rule in 1999.
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.
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 won election to a second term by a 2.2% margin of victory over PDP nominee Oladipupo Olatunde Adebutu,a former House of Representatives member.
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.
Oluwa Rotimi Ojo Agunsoye is a Nigerian politician and lawmaker. He served as a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Kosofe Federal Constituency of Lagos State in the 9th National Assembly.
