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Isaac Mohammed Alfa is a retired Nigerian Air Force Air Marshal,former Chief of Air Staff,and Senator from Kogi State.
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Jonathan Tunde Ogbeha is a Nigerian politician and retired brigadier general who served as the 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 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.
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Jibrin Isah is Nigerian politician and banker,who is the senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District of Kogi State at the 9th National Assembly.
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The 2015 Nigerian Senate election in Kogi State was held on March 28,2015,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kogi State. Atai Aidoko representing Kogi East and Ogembe Ahmed representing Kogi Central won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party,while Dino Melaye representing Kogi West won on the platform of All Progressives Congress.
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The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections were held on 25 February 2023 in all 109 senatorial districts where voters elected senators using first-past-the-post voting. The last regular senatorial elections for all districts were in 2019.
The 1992 Nigerian Senate election in Kogi State was held on July 4,1992,to elect members of the Nigerian Senate to represent Kogi State. Ahmed Tijani Ahmed representing Kogi Central,Sunday Awoniyi representing Kogi West and Ahmadu Ali representing Kogi East all won on the platform of the National Republican Convention.
Ohere Sadiku Abubakar FNSE,is a Nigerian politician and senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. He hails from Okene LGA in Kogi State. He has served as the Special Adviser overseeing the affairs of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Kogi State from January to August 2019. He has also served as the Honorable Commissioner,Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,until December 2019,with the same functions of overseeing the affairs of the Ministry. In January 2020,at the inception of the second tenure of Yahaya Bello,he was re-appointed to serve as the Honorable Commissioner for Works and Housing. Abubakar Ohere is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Kogi State were held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Kogi State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided 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 Nigerian presidential election in Kogi State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
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- ↑ Francis, Tarinipre (2023-10-27). "Senator Sunday Karimi Vowed to Fix Kabba-Egbe Road If Elected. He Wants N160m Car for Bad Roads Now". Foundation For Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ↑ "Why Senate Chose Foreign-Made SUVs Over Nigerian-Made Ones – Senator Karimi". Channels TV (video). 25 October 2023.
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