Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as of the 2006 population census. It currently hosts a population of 774,000.
Ondo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north,Kogi State to the northeast,Edo State to the east,Delta State to the southeast,Ogun State to the southwest,Osun State to the northwest,and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state's capital is Akure,the former capital of the ancient Akure Kingdom. The State includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bights of Benin.
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko;born 3 October 1954),is a Nigerian doctor and politician,he was the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party for Ondo Central District in the 2019 Senate elections. He served as the 16th,and fifth civilian,Governor of Ondo State,Nigeria,from February 2009 to February 2017. The first two-term governor of Ondo state and the first Labour Party governor in Nigeria. Mimiko was previously a federal minister for housing and urban development,a secretary to the Ondo State Government,and a two-time Ondo State Commissioner for Health.
Raphael Nomiye is a Nigerian politician and legislator in the House of Representatives of Nigeria,representing Ilaje and Ese Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State,Nigeria.
Jumoke Akindele is a Nigerian lawyer and first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly. She resigned in 2017 following a ₦15 million naira misappropriation of fund.
Musa Sarkin Adar commonly referred to as Hon. Musa S/Adar is a Nigerian lawmaker elected as member of the Federal House of Representative representing Goronyo/Gada Federal Constituency.
Tajudeen Adeyemi Adefisoye is a Nigerian politician,business man and philanthropist. He is the Founder and President of Small Alhaji Youth Foundation (SAYDEF),an NGO aimed at Youth development in Ondo State,He is the youngest and only Social Democratic Party (SDP) member in the House of Representatives for Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency,Ondo State,Nigeria.
Nicholas Tofowomo is Nigerian politician. He was the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State at the 9th National Assembly from 2019 to 2023.
Dr. Adeyemi Olayemi was born in Kano on 6 April 1970s. He is currently a member and chief whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly. He is also the President/Founder of The West African Union University and Pecox Global Limited.
Akogun Olugbenga Akinola Omole,is a Nigerian politician,legislator,football administrator and farmer. He is the chairman of Akogun Farms Nigeria Limited and currently represents Akoko South West Constituency I in the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Prince Abayomi Babatunde Akinruntan,born October 21,1973,is a businessman,politician and currently,a member and parliamentary secretary of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ilaje constituency 1.
Simeon Borokini is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria.
Labaran Abdul Madari,more commonly known as Abdul Madari,is a lawmaker from Kano State and a Nigerian politician. He was elected the Majority Leader for the second time in the Kano State House of Assembly on December 15,2020.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer,entrepreneur,philanthropist and politician who is the current minister of interior of Nigeria. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State from 2019 to 2023.
Adedayo Isaac Omolafe was a Nigerian politician and legislator of the Nigerian National Assembly. He represented Akure North/South federal constituency in the Nigerian House of Representatives. He hailed from Akure in the southwestern part of Nigeria. He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and was also known by the moniker,Expensive.
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.
Yakubu Yakson Sanda is a Nigerian politician from BicizàBuji District of Pengana Chiefdom,Bassa Local Government Area,who was elected speaker of the 9th Plateau State House of Assembly in 2021.
In Nigeria,a House of Assembly is the state-level legislature. All Houses of Assembly are unicameral,with elected members who are designated as members of the House of Assembly,assemblymen,or MHA,and who serve four-year terms.
The 2022 Nigerian House of Representatives elections are called to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives.
The 2019 Ondo State House of Assembly election was held on March 9,2019,to elect members of the Ondo State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Ondo State House of Assembly.
