Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole is a Nigerian politician who has served as the senator representing the Edo North senatorial district since 2023. He is a former national chairman of the All Progressive Congress. He previously served as the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress from 1999 to 2007 and as governor of Edo State from 2008 to 2016.
Mohammed Danjuma Goje was a former Governor of Gombe State,Nigeria under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),taking office on 29 May 2003 during the 2003 Gombe State gubernatorial election. He is now a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Atiku Abubakar;born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran as governor of Adamawa State in 1990,1996,and in 1998,when he was finally elected before he became Obasanjo's running mate during the 1999 presidential election and was re-elected in 2003.
The military dictatorship in Nigeria was a period when members of the Nigerian Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 with an interregnum from 1979 to 1983. The military was able to rise to power often with the tacit support of the elite through coup d'états. Since the country became a republic in 1963,there has been a series of military coups in Nigeria.
Adamu Ciroma was a Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,born to a Bole family in Potiskum,Yobe State. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the electoral body which oversees elections in Nigeria. It was established in 1998 shortly before Nigeria's transition from military to civilian rule.
Isaiah Chawai Balat was a Nigerian politician and businessman from southern Kaduna State. He was the Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Kaduna South Senatorial District from May 2003 to May 2007 and,a member of the People's Democratic Party. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served as the Minister of State for Works and Housing in the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2000. In May 2010,Balat was appointed the Special Advisor to the President on Special Duties where he served until his demise in 2014.
Anyim Pius Anyim is a Nigerian politician who served as the 9th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2000 to 2003,he was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He was elected Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 for the Ebonyi South constituency of Ebonyi State and was elected president of the Senate in August 2000.
Lawal Kaita was a Nigerian politician elected on the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) platform as governor of Kaduna State,Nigeria,holding office between October and December 1983,when the Nigerian Second Republic ended with the coup that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power.
Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa was a Nigerian left-wing politician who was elected Governor of Kaduna State,Nigeria during the Nigerian Second Republic,holding office from October 1979 until he was impeached on 23 June 1981. During the Nigerian Fourth Republic he was leader of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP),a coalition of opposition parties.
Lawali Shuaibu is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Zamfara North Senatorial District 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 re-elected on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform in 2003 to a second term of four years.
Muktar Ahmed Mohammed Aruwa was a Nigerian senator. He was first elected to the senate in 1999 as a representative of Kaduna State for the All People's Party (APP). Aruwa sat on several senate committees and opposed the privatization of public enterprises. He was re-elected in 2003 as a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP),the successor to the APP. He was involved in a dispute over committee appointments,claiming unfair play by the senate leadership. Aruwa's name was dropped from the ANPP party list for the 2007 election.
Dalhatu Sarki Tafida was elected Senator for the Kaduna North Senatorial District of Kaduna State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected for a further four-year term in 2003.
Binta Masi Garba is a Nigerian politician,businesswoman and administrator,serving as the Senator of Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa State since 2015. She served as Chairperson,Adamawa State chapter of All Progressives Congress and she is the first female State Chairperson of a registered major political party in Nigeria.
Barau I. Jibrin is a Nigerian politician who is the current deputy president of the Nigerian Senate since 2023. He is the senator representing Kano North since 2015.
Muhammadu Buhari's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015,and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State,he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985,when he was deposed in a military coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari took office following a decisive victory over incumbent Peoples Democratic Party president Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Four years later,in the 2019 presidential election,he defeated PDP candidate former vice president Atiku Abubakar to win re-election. Upon his inauguration,he became the oldest president in Nigerian history.
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.
The 2023 Kaduna State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Kaduna State,concurrent with elections to the Kaduna 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—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kaduna State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kaduna State. Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central and Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna North won on the platform of All Progressives Congress,while Danjuma Laah representing Kaduna South won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party.
