The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria,along with its main rival,the All Progressives Congress.
Elections in Nigeria are forms of choosing representatives to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various states in the fourth republic Nigeria. Elections in Nigeria started since 1959 with different political parties. It's a method of choosing leaders where the citizens has right to vote and to be voted for.
Ibrahim Idris is a Nigeria businessman who was elected governor of Kogi State in Nigeria in April 2003,and reelected in April 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Idris was succeeded by his brother-in-law Captain Idris Wada,who won election in December 2011 and took office in January 2012.
General elections were held in Nigeria on 21 April 2007 to elect the President and National Assembly. Governorship and State Assembly elections had been held on 14 April.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),formerly known as Action Congress (AC),was a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of a faction of Alliance for Democracy,the Justice Party,the Advance Congress of Democrats,and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party controlled Lagos. It was regarded as a natural successor to the progressive politics more closely associated with the Action Group and Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the First and Second Republics respectively. However,criticism of the party's more pragmatic and less ideological political outlook associated with AG and UPN,has made many argue it was less of a worthy political heir. The Party had strong presence in the South West,Mid-West and North Central Regions. Lagos,Edo,Ekiti,Kogi,Ondo,Bauchi,Plateau,Niger,Adamawa,Oyo and Osun states by far accounts for majority of the party's presence and discernible power base.
The Social Democratic Party of Nigeria (SDP) is a centre-left political party in Nigeria. It was created alongside the National Republican Convention by former military president Ibrahim Babangida,as part of a democracy project meant to form two detribalized political parties –one slightly to the left and one to the right. During the Nigerian Third Republic it was seen as a moderate party attractive to young radical intellectuals and socialists. In its manifesto,it called for concerted efforts to improve welfare and fight for social justice.
Ibrahim Shehu Shema is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was elected Governor of the north western State of Katsina during the 2007 general elections. He was re-elected for another four-year term on 28 April 2011,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. His second four-year term ended on 29 May 2015 after which he handed over to Aminu Bello Masari,elected governor on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
Grace Folashade Bent nee Makinwa is a Nigerian senator who was elected in April 2007 on the People's Democratic Party platform in the Adamawa South constituency of Adamawa State.
Mohammed Sanusi Daggash is a Nigerian architect and economist who was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives in 1999,and became Senator for Borno North in 2003. President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister for the National Planning Commission of Nigeria in July 2007,and relieved him of his post in October 2008. He was again reappointed as Minister for Works in April 2010 by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.
Lt. Colonel Joseph Iorshagher Akaagerger was the Military Administrator of Katsina State,Nigeria from August 1998 to 29 May 1999. After the return to democracy,in April 2007 he was elected to the Senate representing Benue North East.
Joy Emodi was elected Senator for the Anambra North constituency of Anambra State,Nigeria,taking office on 20 February 2005 after the election of Emmanuel Anosike was annulled. She was re-elected in 2007,but her second election was appealed by Alphonsus Obi Igbeke,the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate. After protracted hearings,Igbeke was declared the winner on 25 March 2010.
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was a political party founded in Nigeria in 2009 in preparation for the April 2011 elections. It was the 63rd political party to be founded in the country.
Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla,also known as Bindow Jibrilla is a Nigerian businessman who became the candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the 9 April 2011 Senatorial election for the Adamawa North district,and went on to be elected to the Nigerian Senate. His candidature was unsuccessfully disputed by the incumbent Senator Mohammed Mana. Bindow was elected governor of Adamawa State after defeating Nuhu Ribadu and Markus Gundiri in the April 2015 Adamawa State gubernatorial election. In 2019,he sought re-election for a second term in office but was defeated by opposition People's Democratic Party's candidate,Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
Ibrahim Adamu Gumba is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Bauchi South constituency of Bauchi State,Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections. He ran on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket.
Ahmed Hassan Barata is a Nigerian politician who was elected to the Nigerian Senate for the Adamawa South Senatorial seat in Adamawa State,Nigeria in the April 2011 federal elections. He ran for election on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
The 2013 Anambra State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 16 November 2013. The APGA nominee Willie Obiano won the election,defeating Tony Nwoye of the PDP.
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 re-election to 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 Nigerian gubernatorial elections will be held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states. All but three elections will be held on 11 March—concurrent with elections to every state house of assembly,two weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections—while the Imo State,Kogi State,and Bayelsa State elections will be held on 11 November. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all states were in 2019. All states have a two term limit for Governors which makes 18 incumbent governors ineligible for re-election.
The 2023 Katsina State gubernatorial election will take place on 11 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 will be held two 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 2011 Nigerian Senate election in Anambra State was held on April 9,2011,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Anambra State. John Emeka Okey representing Anambra North,and Andy Ubah representing Anambra South both won on the platform of the People's Democratic Party. While Chris Ngige representing Anambra Central won on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
listen )or Okechukwu Emeka,(born 18 July 1962) is a Nigerian politician,formerly a Minister of State for transportation,who was elected Senator for Anambra North in Anambra State,Nigeria in the April 2011 general elections,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.