Ondo Town is the second largest town in Ondo State,Nigeria. Ondo Town is the trade center for the surrounding region;commercial crops such as yams,cassava,grain,tobacco and cotton are grown,the latter of which is often used to weave a culturally significant cloth known as Aso Oke fabric,which is commonly used to make clothing amongst the local population. Ondo Town is the largest producer of cocoa products in the region.
Ondo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3rd of February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north,Kogi State to the northeast,Edo State to the east,Delta State to the southeast,Ogun State to the southwest,Osun State to the northwest,and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state's capital is Akure,the former capital of the ancient Akure Kingdom. The State includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bights of Benin.
Henry Oloyede Fajemirokun,CON was a trade unionist who later became a prominent Nigerian industrialist and businessman and one of the country's dynamic indigenous entrepreneurs who had established and built one of the foremost indigenous private sector business concerns in his time. He was a strong believer in,and promoted West Africa's economic integration alongside Adebayo Adedeji which subsequently led to the formation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko,is a Nigerian doctor and politician,he was the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party for Ondo Central District in the 2019 Senate elections. He served as the 16th,and fifth civilian,Governor of Ondo State,Nigeria,from February 2009 to February 2017. The first two-term governor of Ondo state and the first Labour Party governor in Nigeria. Mimiko was previously a federal minister for housing and urban development,a secretary to the Ondo State Government,and a two-time Ondo State Commissioner for Health.
Ile Oluji is a Local Government Area in Ondo State,Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ile Oluji.
Smart AdeyemiListen was elected Senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State,Nigeria,taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the APC. Re-elected as senator for the third time on the 30th of November 2019.
Emmanuel Paulker is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Bayelsa Central constituency of Bayelsa State,Nigeria,taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the UKIP.
The Ondo Kingdom is a traditional state that traces its origins back for over 500 years,with its capital in Ode Ondo. Ondo Kingdom was established by Princess Pupupu,one the twins of Alafin Oluaso. Her mother was Queen Olu who later died at Ile oluji. The princess gave birth to twins in the era where twins were considered an abomination. They called them Ese Omo. One of the twins died at Epe near Ondo. There were wars in the town between 1865 and 1885 when people in the kingdom fled to Oke Opa. Three Osemawes were installed and died there. Before then the kingdom was ruled by the son of Pupupu called Airo. Airo went to Benin under the pupilage of his uncle Oba Eiseghie 1516 to train in the art of governance.
Oluremi Tinubu is a Nigerian politician and current first lady of Nigeria since 2023,as wife of President Bola Tinubu. She was the first lady of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 when her husband was governor. She was the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the Nigerian National Assembly from 2011 to 2023. She is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) political party.
Gbenga ElegbeleyeListen is a Nigerian sports administrator and a politician. Gbenga Elegbeleye is the Director-General of the National Sports Commission in Nigeria. He was a legislator in the House of Representatives (Nigeria).
Pauline Kedem Tallen OFR is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister for Women Affairs Minister and Social Development. She was appointed in 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari after turning down ambassadorial nomination in 2015 on the grounds that she was not consulted prior to the announcement of the appointment and that she would not accept the offer for equal distribution of power among the three senatorial districts of her native state of plateau because she is from same local government as Governor Simon Lalong.
Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu is a Nigerian sustainability advocate,educator,author,and a social entrepreneur. She is a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University. She is known as one of the country's leading experts on environmental sustainability.
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi is the current director general of Directorate of Technical Aid Corps of Nigeria,since August 15,2013.
Tajudeen Adeyemi AdefisoyeListen is a Nigerian politician,business man and philanthropist. He is the Founder and President of Small Alhaji Youth Foundation (SAYDEF),an NGO aimed at Youth development in Ondo State,He is the youngest and only Social Democratic Party (SDP) member in the House of Representatives for Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency,Ondo State,Nigeria.
Abiola Peter Makinde born is a financial management expert and politician. He is a member of Nigeria Federal House of Representatives holding assignment for Ondo East/Ondo West federal constituency of Nigeria's western state of Ondo. In 2014,President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Makinde National Board Member of Nigeria Literacy Commission and was on the assignment until 2015 when President Jonathan and People's Democratic Party,PDP lost federal power to then opposition All Progressives Congress,APC.
Nicholas Tofowomo is Nigerian Politician,He is the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State at the 9th National Assembly.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian politician,entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria),representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State. He is the Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He is currently serving his first term in the National Assembly (Nigeria) having been elected in March 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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 presidential election in Ondo State will be 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.
Binta Mamman is a female politician from Niger State,Nigeria. She is a Business Administration graduate. Prior to her venturing into politics she was a house wife.
