Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa is a Nigerian politician who was the executive governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
Jeremiah Timbut Useni is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general,who served as minister responsible for the administration of the Federal Capital Territory,Abuja under the Sani Abacha military junta. He served Nigeria in various capacities such as Minister for Transport and Quarter-Master General of the Nigeria Army. Useni also served as Deputy Chairman of one of the significant parties in Nigeria,the All Nigeria Peoples Party. He was elected Senator for the Plateau South constituency of Plateau State,Nigeria in the March 2015 national elections. Useni was running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
The Democratic People's Party is a Nigerian political party founded in 2006 by an aggrieved faction of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. The party,which has a broad political base,supports economic deregulation,human rights;and greater funding for health care and education,among other goals.
Biodun Ogunbiyi is a Nigerian politician from Ogun State. He was a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party,but left the party in 2006 with a faction to found Democratic People's Party following a dispute that led to the suspension of the Deputy National Chairman,North,Jeremiah Useni in 2006.
Abdullahi Balarabe Salame is a Nigerian politician born on in Gwadabawa Local government of Sokoto. He is a member of parliament for Gwadabawa and Illela constituency,at Federal House of Representatives under a platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) and is a chairman house committee on poverty alleviation. He was a speaker of Sokoto State house of assembly from 2007 to 2011 who represented Gwadabawa East,and also served as acting governor of the state from 11 April to 28 May 2008.
Barrister Mukhtar Shehu Shagari,CFR was appointed Nigerian Minister of Water Resources in a June 2001 reshuffle of the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later appointed President of the African Ministers Council On Water (AMCOW). Shagari held office until January 2007 when he left to compete for Deputy Governor of Sokoto State. He was elected Deputy Governor of Sokoto State in April 2007,and after a legal challenge was reelected in May 2008.
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who has served as Senator for Sokoto South since 2023. He served as the governor of Sokoto State from 2015 to 2023. He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party,and served as the 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2011 to 2015.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2008 to Nigeria and its people.
The $2 billion arms deal or Dasukigate is an arms procurement deal in Nigeria that resulted in the embezzlement of $2 billion through the office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Colonel Sambo Dasuki,the former National Security Adviser. The illegal deal was revealed following an interim report of the presidential investigations committee on arms procurement under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The committee report showed an extra-budgetary spending to the tune of N643.8 billion and an additional spending of about $2.2 billion in the foreign currency component under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Events in the year 2010 in Nigeria.
Bello Muhammad popularly known as Bello Matawalle is a Nigerian politician and teacher who has served as the minister of state for defence since 2023. He previously served as the governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023.
The 1999 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9,1999. APP candidate Attahiru Bafarawa won the election,defeating PDP candidate Muhammadu Modi Yabo.
The 2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19,2003. ANPP candidate Attahiru Bafarawa won the election,defeating PDP Abdallah Wali and 4 other candidates.
The 2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14,2007. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election,defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and 8 other candidates.
The 2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election occurred on May 24,2008. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election,defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and other candidates.
The 2012 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on February 18,2012. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election,defeating ANPP Yusha'u Ahmed and 28 other candidates.
The 2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Sokoto State,concurrent with elections to the Sokoto 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 PDP Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2019 Nigerian Senate election in Sokoto State was held on February 23,2019,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Sokoto State. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko representing Sokoto North,Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South and Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East all won on the platform of All Progressives Congress. But the Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on 30 October 2019 sacked Shehu Abubakar Tambuwal representing Sokoto South on the platform of All Progressives Congress. Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party replaced the sacked senator.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Sokoto State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Sokoto 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.
Events in the year 2009 in Nigeria.
