Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007,and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
Sam Ominyi Egwu is a Nigerian politician and member of People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He was elected Governor of Ebonyi State in the 1999 Ebonyi State gubernatorial election from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Dr Egwu is noted as pillar of educational development in Ebonyi state and Nigeria. He attended the University of Nigeria,Nsukka where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Agricultural in 1981. He later received a master's degrees in Agricultural from the University of Nigeria,Nsukka in 1987 and Doctorate in Agronomy from Enugu State University of Technology in 1996. He was a senior lecturer at Enugu State University of Technology and served as commissioner for education in Ebonyi state contributed to the successes recorded in education sector during his tenure as governor.
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu mni is a former Nigerian police officer and politician who was the Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force and a former Nigerian government anti-corruption official. He was the pioneer Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),the government commission tasked with countering corruption and fraud. In April 2009,he became a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development.
Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso,FNSE,FNIQS is a Nigerian politician who was the Governor of Kano state from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015. After he lost his re-election in 2003,he was appointed the first Minister of Defence of the Fourth Republic with no prior military background from 2003 to 2007,under the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. He was later elected to the Senate in 2015,serving one term under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kano Central Senatorial District.
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.
David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode is a Nigerian politician,essayist,poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was with the opposition's All Progressive Congress (APC) until June 2014 when he returned to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and Although his family lineage originates from Osun,he was born in Lagos,on 16 October 1960 to Chief Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode and to Chief (Mrs) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode. He is an Ile-Ife chieftain of Yoruba descent.
Sahabi Alhaji Yaú is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator in 2007 on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party to represent Zamfara North district of Zamfara State.
Joel Danlami Ikenya is a Nigerian politician who was elected to represent the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as Senator for Taraba South in Taraba State in 2007. He was reelected in 2007,then in 2011 made an unsuccessful bid for governor of the state. Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya was nominated as a ministerial nominee to replace Darius Ishaku who resigned to contest for the Governorship election in Taraba State. In January,he was appointed the Minister of Labour and Productivity till May 2015.
Felix Kolawole Bajomo is a Nigerian politician who was elected a member of the Senate for the Ogun West constituency of Ogun State in April 2007.
Mohammed A Muhammed is a Nigerian politician,now a member of the Senate for Bauchi State. Married to Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa,President of the court of Appeal,Abuja.
Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha is a retired general from Kogi State,Nigeria,who was administrator of Akwa Ibom State and then of Bendel State during the military rule of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985–1993). After the return to democracy in 1999,he was the elected senator for the Kogi West constituency of Kogi State from May 1999 to May 2007. A biography on Ogbeha titled "Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha:A Noble Path" was written by Innocent Nzeke Waniko,a journalist,and presented publicly on 1 September 2017. The book chronicles the early life and comprehensively captures the life and career of Ogbeha.
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.
Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim was elected governor of Sokoto State,Nigeria between January 1992 and November 1993,during General Ibrahim Babangida's attempted transition to democracy. After the return to democracy in 1999,he became a power in the Zamfara State branch of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),and served for a while in the cabinet of president Olusegun Obasanjo.
Colonel Bala Mohammed Mande is a former Military Administrator of Nasarawa State. He was later appointed Minister of Environment in the Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Anyim Pius Anyim is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of the Nigerian senate and was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He was elected a Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 for the Ebonyi South constituency of Ebonyi State. He was elected Senate President in August 2000. He announced his ambition to run for the 2023 presidential elections in February 2022.
Alhaji Yushau Mohammed Anka was elected Senator for the Zamfara West constituency of Zamfara State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He held office from May 1999 to May 2007.
Saidu Muhammed Dansadau was elected Senator for the Zamfara Central constituency of Zamfara State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the All People's Party (APP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party platform for another four years.
Saidu Umar Kumo was a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator of the Gombe Central Constituency,Gombe State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,contested under the platform of the All Peoples party (APP) which later became the All NIgeria People's Party (ANPP). He took office on 29 May 1999.
Abu Ibrahim is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Katsina South (Funtua) Senatorial district in April 2003 on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform,serving for one term until May 2007. He was re-elected to the same seat in April 2011.
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.
