Anambra State is a Nigerian state located in the South-eastern region of the country. The state was created on 27 August 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west,Imo State and Rivers State to the south,Enugu State to the east and Kogi State to the north. The state's capital is Awka,while the state’s largest city is Onitsha which is regarded as one of the largest metropolis in Africa. Nnewi is the second largest commercial and industrial city in Anambra State,and also a known automobile hub within Nigeria and Africa.
George Akume;born 27 December 1953) is a Nigerian politician who is the 21st and current Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He served as Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs from 2019 to 2023,during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He was the Senator representing Benue North-West Senatorial District between 2007 and 2019. He was also the Minority Leader of the Senate from June 2011 to June 2015. He served as the Governor of Benue State from May 1999 to May 2007.
Peter Ayodele Fayose;born 15 November 1960) is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ekiti State from 2003 to 2006,and again from 2014 to 2018.
Peter Gregory Obi is a Nigerian politician and businessman who was the Governor of Anambra State under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 17 March 2006 to 3 November 2006,when he was impeached. He was reinstated on 9 February 2007 and continued his tenure until 2010. He was reelected for his second term until 7 March 2014. A member of the Labour Party since 2022,he was the presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.
Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba,is a Nigerian politician who served as Senator for the Anambra South Senatorial District of Anambra State from 2011 to 2019. Uba also won the 2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election on the platform of the People's Democratic Party but was declared unduly elected by the Supreme Court of Nigeria a month later. He defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress in February 2017,the leadership crises engulfing the former ruling party PDP may have motivated his decision.
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician,who served as the federal minister of transportation of Nigeria from 2015 to 2022 under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He resigned to contest for Nigeria's presidency under the governing All Progressive Congress (APC). He had previously served as governor of oil-rich Rivers State,from 2007 to 2015 and earlier,as speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007. On 9 April 2022,Amaechi declared interest to contest in the presidential election in 2023. He polled second position in the APC presidential primaries held in June 2022 behind eventual president Bola Tinubu with 316 delegate votes against Tinubu's 1271 votes.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development of Nigeria since 6 July 2022 till 29th May 2023. She served earlier as the Minister of State for Transportation from 2019 till she was moved by the President to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in 2022.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria,along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties,the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully.
General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President,Vice President,House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February,but the Electoral Commission postponed the vote by a week at 03:00 on the original polling day,citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time. In some places,the vote was delayed until 24 February due to electoral violence. Polling in some areas was subsequently delayed until 9 March,when voting was carried out alongside gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
Aisagbonriodion Matthew Urhoghide is a Nigerian politician who served as the senator representing Edo South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate from 2015 to 2023.
General elections were held in Nigeria on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and vice president and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third term. This election was seen as the tightest race since the end of military rule in 1999.
The 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on February 6,2010. The APGA nominee Peter Obi won the election,defeating Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
The 2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19,2003. PDP's Chris Ngige won election,defeating APGA's Peter Obi and other candidates.
The 2021 Anambra State gubernatorial election took place on 6 November 2021,to elect the Governor of Anambra State. Incumbent APGA Governor Willie Obiano was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. APGA nominee,former Central Bank Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo,retained the office for APGA with a 24% win over PDP nominee,former Transcorp CEO Valentine Ozigbo.
The 2023 Kaduna State gubernatorial election was held on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Kaduna State,concurrent with elections to the Kaduna 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 Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Senator Uba Sani retained the office for the APC by a margin of less than 1% —under 11,000 votes —over first runner-up and PDP nominee Isa Ashiru,a former member of the House of Representatives.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Bola Tinubu,the former governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote,just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former vice president Atiku Abubakar and former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,held on the same date while state elections were held on 18 March. The inauguration was held on 29 May 2023.
The 2023 Nigerian elections were held in large part on 25 February and 11 March 2023. The president and vice president were elected on 25 February,with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ineligible to run,being term-limited. Additionally,there were also elections on the same day for the Senate and the House of Representatives. On 11 March,twenty-eight gubernatorial elections were held alongside elections to state houses of assembly in all 36 states. Three additional gubernatorial elections will be held later in the year alongside potential rerun elections for regularly scheduled elections annulled from earlier in the year.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Anambra State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Anambra 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 Ogbaru boat disaster,also called the Ogbaru boat mishap or Anambra boat mishap,was the accidental sinking of a boat on the Niger River in Nigeria on 7 October 2022,causing 76 deaths. It took place during the 2022 Nigeria floods.
Senator (Dr) Victor C. Umeh,OFR is a Nigerian politician who served as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and now Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 10th Nigeria National Assembly,on the ticket of the Labour Party. Umeh hails from Aguluzigbo,a town in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.
