Professor Lilian Obiageli Orogbu is a Nigerian academic and politician. [1] She is one of only 17 women elected to the 10th National Assembly. She is elected to the Federal House of Representatives from Awka North/Awka South Federal Constituency of Anambra State on the ticket of Labour Party, LP.
Lilian Orogbu is a professor of Business Administration at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. She was elected to the 10th House of Representatives from Awka North/Awka South Federal Constituency on 25 February 2023 on the ticket of LP. She polled 34,713 votes to beat her major challengers, the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Obi Nwankwo who scored 24,814 votes, and the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP Emeka Igwe who received 21,850 votes. [2] Orogbu is one of only 17 women elected to the 10th National Assembly of 469 members comprising the Senate and House of Representatives. [3] [4]
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Victor Rampyal Lar is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Plateau South constituency of Plateau State, Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections. Lar ran on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is a political party in Nigeria. As of 2022, Ralph Nwosu is the National Chairman. There are 2 ADC members currently in the Nigerian National Assembly. They are all members of the House of Representatives and represent constituencies in Kogi State. There are no ADC members currently in the Nigerian Senate.
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 2023 Adamawa State gubernatorial election took place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Adamawa State, concurrent with elections to the Adamawa 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 Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (PDP) was re-elected by a 3.75% margin over first runner-up and APC nominee — Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed.
The 2023 Enugu State gubernatorial election took place on 18th March 2023, to elect the Governor of Enugu State, with Peter Mbah declared winner alongside his running mate Barrister Ifeanyi Ossai of the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), after they got the plurality of votes and won over 25% of the votes in two-third of the state. Mr Mbah polled 160,895 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the Labour Party (Nigeria) candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, who scored 157,552 votes. The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Frank Nweke Jr, garnered 17,983 votes to come a distant third, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Uche Nnaji, placed fourth, with 14,575 votes. The election was contested in the Tribunal by Chijoike Edeoga but the tribunal eventually upheld the victory of Peter Mbah.
The 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives elections were held on 25 February 2023 where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting in all 360 federal constituencies. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 2023 Imo State gubernatorial election was held on 11 November 2023 due to the belated inauguration of incumbent Governor Hope Uzodinma, to elect the Governor of Imo State. Incumbent APC Governor Hope Uzodinma was re-elected, with him winning all the 27 local government areas. LP candidate Athan Achonu has filed a lawsuit against Uzodinma claiming that the eletion was "marred by irregularities, including vote buying and physical assaults of LP agents, and thus deserving of outright cancellation".
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 2023 Abia State House of Assembly election was take place on 18 March 2023, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly. The election was held concurrent with the state gubernatorial election as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. It was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections.
Amobi Godwin Ogah is a Nigerian politician and businessman. He was elected to the 10th National Assembly in the February 25, 2023 House of Representatives election to represent Isiuakwato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia state on the ticket of Labour Party, LP.
Senator 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 Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the ticket of the Labour Party. Umeh hails from Aguluzigbo, a town in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Obi Aguocha is a Nigerian politician and member of the 10th National Assembly from Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State on the ticket of the Labour Party, LP.
Attah Thaddeus is a Nigerian politician and member-elect for the 10th National Assembly from Eti-Osa Federal Constituency of Lagos State on the ticket of Labour Party, LP.
Ibe Okwara Osonwa is a Nigerian politician and member of the Federal House of Representatives from Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 10th National Assembly.
Emeka Nnamani is a Nigerian businessman and politician. He is a member of the Federal House of Representatives from Aba North/ Aba South Federal Constituency of Abia State in the 10th National Assembly.
Maureen Chinwe Gwacham is a Nigerian businesswoman and politician elected to the 10th National Assembly from Oyi/ Ayamelum Federal Constituency of Anambra State on the ticket of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Gwacham polled 15,299 to defeat the candidate of Young Progressive Party, YPP Charles Uchenna Okafor who scored 13,332 votes People's Democratic Party, PDP candidate and former member of the House of Representatives received only 6,912 votes. The election of Gwacham is being challenged by the candidates o f the YPP, PDP and Labour Party at the election petitions tribunal.
Chimaobi Ebisike is a Nigerian politician, member of the 9th Federal House of Representatives in from Aba North/ Aba South Federal Constituency of Abia State.
Israel Sunny-Goli is a Nigerian politician and member of the Federal House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. He was a member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly before his election to the National Assembly.
