Katsina,likely from "Tamashek" or mazza (men) with "inna" (mother) is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Katsina State,in northern Nigeria. Katsina is located some 260 kilometres (160 mi) east of the city of Sokoto and 135 kilometres (84 mi) northwest of Kano,close to the border with Niger,Republic.
Katsina State is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State borders Kaduna,Zamfara,Kano,and Jigawa States. Nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality",both the state capital and the town of Daura have been described "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning" in Nigeria.
Mohammed Danjuma Goje was a former Governor of Gombe State,Nigeria under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),taking office on 29 May 2003 during the 2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election. He is now a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Katsina comprises three Senators representing Katsina South,Katsina Central,and Katsina North,and fifteen Representatives representing Kaita/Jibia,Malum Fashi/Kafur,Daura/Sandamu/Mai'Adua,Funtua/Dandume,Dutsin-ma/Kurfi,Mashi/Dutsi,Mani/Bindawa,Bakori/Danja,Kankia/Ingawa/Kusada,Safana/Batsari/Dan-Musa,Musawa/Matazu,Rimi/Charanchi/Batagarawa,Baure/Zango,Kankara/Sabuwa/Faskari,and Katsina Central.
Sani Zangon Daura was Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and later Minister of Environment,in the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was dropped from Obasanjo's cabinet in a reshuffle on 30 January 2001.
Abdu Umar Yandoma was elected Senator for the Katsina North (Daura/Ingawa) constituency of Katsina State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Hadi Abubakar Sirika is the former Minister for Aviation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is a former Member House of Representative,and former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,where he represented Katsina North Senatorial District under the platform of Congress for Progressive Change in 2011 election cycle. Sirika held the position of vice-chairman of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee set by the Nigerian Senate.
Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim PhD,FCIB was a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Kwara State. He represented Kwara South Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly. Senator Ibrahim was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking,Insurance and other Financial Institutions,and also a member of Senate Committees on Appropriation,Federal Character and Inter Government Affairs,and Media and Public Affairs.
Suleiman Abdu Kwari is a Nigerian politician and public finance management expert,senator for the Kaduna North Senatorial District of Kaduna State Nigeria. He was elected during the February 2019 Nigeria general elections under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was the commissioner of Finance Kaduna State (2015-2019) appointed by the Governor of Kaduna State Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai and was also a member of the House of Representatives for Sabon Gari Local Government cConstituency of Kaduna State.
Nicholas Tofowomo is Nigerian Politician,He is the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State at the 9th National Assembly.
The 2023 Katsina State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Katsina State,concurrent with elections to the Katsina 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—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Aminu Bello Masari is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Yobe State. Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai representing Yobe South,Ibrahim Gaidam representing Yobe East and Ahmad Lawan representing Yobe North all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State were held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Katsina State. Kabir Abdullahi Barkiya representing Katsina Central,Mandiya Bello representing Katsina South,and Ahmad Babba Kaita representing Katsina North all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Katsina State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Katsina State. Mustapha Bukar representing Katsina North,Abu Ibrahim representing Katsina South and Kurfi Umaru representing Katsina Central all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Yobe State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Yobe State. Bukar Ibrahim representing Yobe East and Ahmad Lawan representing Yobe North won on the platform of All Progressives Congress,while Mohammed Hasan representing Yobe South won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections were held on 25 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Katsina State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Katsina 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.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Katsina 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.
Nasir Zangon-Daura is a Nigerian politician and senator-elect for 10th Senate from Katsina North Senatorial District. He was elected to the House of Representatives for Zango/Baure Federal Constituency of Katsina State on the ticket of All Progressives Congress,APC.
Ahmed Baba Kaita is a Nigerian politician and a two-term senator from Katsina North Senatorial District. He was a member of the Federal House of Representatives from Kusada/Ingawa/Kankia federal constituency in Katsina State.
