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Okhai Michael Akhigbe was a vice admiral of the Nigerian Navy who served as de facto vice president of Nigeria under military head of state General Abdusalami Abubakar from June 1998 to May 1999,when the military government was terminated and replaced by the Fourth Nigerian Republic. He previously served as Chief of Naval Staff,the highest-ranking officer of the Nigerian Navy from 1994 to 1998;military governor of Lagos State from 1986 to 1988;and military governor of Ondo State from 1985 to 1986.
The Afemai people,also spelled Afenmai are a group of people living in the northern part of Edo State south geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
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The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Edo comprises three Senators representing Edo Central,Edo South,and Edo North,and nine Representatives representing Egor/Ikpoba-okha,Owan West/East,Esan North-East/Esan South- East,Esan Central/West/Igueben,Ovia South/West-Ovia North/East,Akoko-Edo,Etsako East/West/Central,Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode,and Oredo.
Akoko Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State,Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Igarra. It has an area of 1,371 km2 and a population of 262,110 at the 2006 census. It consists of the Akoko people,who are split between Ondo and Edo States. Most are recognized as Yoruba and bear names identical to their counterparts in Akoko Ondo. The Benin conquests during the reign of Oba Ozolua (1483–1504) established its first settlements in the region,while other people including the Bida,migrated there in search of fortune. The war which Oba Esigie fought with the Attah of Idah in 1515–1516,would have also contributed to the migration of the Igbirra and Idah from the north and the east into the area.
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Daisy Ehanire Danjuma is a Nigerian politician who was the senator representing the Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State at the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007. She also re-contested during the Nigeria general election in 2011 but was unsuccessful.
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The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Edo State will be held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Edo 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.
Abubakar Momoh is a Nigerian politician and engineer. He has been appointed minister of the Niger Delta Development Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He was a former legislator of the Edo State House of Assembly and a former legislator of the House of Representatives for Etsako Federal Constituency,in Edo State
Aliu Omokide was a Nigerian politician who served as a member of the defunct Bendel State House of Assembly from 1979 to 1983. He represented the Akoko Edo South Constituency during his tenure. Omokide passed away in February 2021 at the age of 87.
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