Abdullahi Adamu is a Nigerian politician who was the governor of Nasarawa State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member and former national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla is a retired Nigerian general,he became governor of Osun State,Nigeria in May 2003,and was reelected in 2007. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On 26 November 2010 a court of appeals nullified his election. He later defected to the APC shortly before the 2014 Osun State governorship election. He was former military administrator of Lagos State.
Adebayo Ayoade Salami;26 July 1951 –7 January 2021) was a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as Senator representing the Osun State Central constituency at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform.
Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola;born 25 May 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the minister of the Interior of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as governor of Osun State from 2010 to 2018.
Susanne Wenger MFR,also known as Adunni Olorisha,was an Austrian-Nigerian artist and Yoruba priestess who expatriated to Nigeria. Her main focus was the Yoruba culture and she was successful in building an artist cooperative in Osogbo. She partnered with local artists in Osogbo to redevelop and redecorate the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove with sculptures and carvings depicting the various activities of the Orishas.
Aisha Halilu Buhari;born 17 February 1971) is a Nigerian beauty therapist who served as the first lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023,as the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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.
Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke;born 13 May 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman,who has served as governor of Osun State since 2022. He was the senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district from 2017 to 2019.
Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed;born 16 June 1960) is a Nigerian accountant and politician who served as the minister of Finance,Budget and National Planning of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. She previously served as the minister of finance from 2018 to 2019,and as the minister of State for Budget and National Planning from 2015 to 2018. In 2019,President Muhammadu Buhari brought the two ministries under her as one,making her the minister of the Economy.
Hadiza Isma El-Rufai is a Nigerian writer (novelist),and wife to the former governor of Kaduna State,Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. She was the founder of Yasmin El-rufai Foundation (YELF),a non-profit literary organization.
Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola is a Nigerian politician who is the current minister of Marine and Blue Economy. He served as governor of Osun State from 2018 to 2022.
Uba Sani is a Nigerian engineer and politician who is the current governor of Kaduna State since 2023. He previously served as the Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district from 2019 to 2023.
Flying Officer Tolulope Oluwatoyin Sarah Arotile was the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the Nigerian Air Force.
Isiaka Oladayo Amaopsc DFS GSS RBS GSM QFI fndu MSc MMSc is a retired Nigerian air marshal and a former Chief of the Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) appointed on 26 January 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election took place on 16 July 2022,to elect the governor of Osun State. Incumbent All Progressives Congress Governor Gboyega Oyetola was eligible for re-election but lost by a 3.5% margin to former Senator Ademola Adeleke—the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party. Adeleke and his running mate,Kola Adewusi,were inaugurated on 27 November. However,the Election Petition Tribunal overturned the result on 27 January 2023,awarding the win to Oyetola;Adeleke immediately appealed the ruling and remains in office pending the results of further litigation.
The federal government of Nigeria has initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the country.
The 2019 Osun State House of Assembly election was held on March 9,2019,to elect members of the Osun State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Osun State House of Assembly.
Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O'HIS) established by the Osun State government in Nigeria to improve the life of the people of the state at a more minimal rate,it was created to help the people have easy access to Health Care management/Insurance.
