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).
Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe is a Nigerian politician who has served as the senator representing Abia South senatorial district since 2007. He previously served as deputy governor of Abia State from 1999 until his resignation and subsequent impeachment in March 2003. He was the minority leader in the 9th senate.
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian politician and former professor who served as the 14th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressives Congress.
The Nigerian state governors 2011–2015 term formally begins in May 2011 for the 26 state Governors in Nigeria elected in April 2011. In the 10 other states,elections were delayed until the current incumbent had served their full term. Governors are normally elected for a four-year term during the national elections in which the President and members of the upper and lower house are also elected,as are the state legislators. In some cases,the first officeholder may be replaced by another,for example through death,impeachment or if an election is annulled.
Nestor K. Binabo was a Nigerian politician and teacher who briefly served as the acting Governor of Bayelsa State,from January to February 2012. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party,he also served as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. After leaving office,he was a member of the All Progressives Congress until his death in 2023.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria,along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties,the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election. This marked the first time in Nigerian history that an opposition party unseated a governing party and power was transferred peacefully.
Bassey Albert Akpan CON is a Nigerian politician who has been a member of the Senate of Nigeria since June 2015. Previously,he was Commissioner of Finance in Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2014. He was first elected to the Senate in March 2015,to represent Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District and he won re-election for a second time in the February 2019 senatorial elections. He is a member of the ypp.ng.
Events in the year 2010 in Nigeria.
Frederick Yeitiemone Agbedi born is an educationist and politician from Nigeria oil rich south-south state of Bayelsa. He is one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa State. He was a member of a high-powered delegation of Ijaws that lobbied the Nbanefo Panel for state creation during regional agitations for the creation of additional states in Nigeria. Agbedi,a ranking member of the Nigeria federal House of Representatives represents Sagbama/Ek
The 2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election occurred on May 24,2008. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election,defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and other candidates.
The 2015 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on December 5,2015. The PDP nominee Henry Seriake Dickson won the election,defeating Timipre Sylva of the APC.
The 2012 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on February 11,2012. PDP's Seriake Dickson won election for a first term,defeating other party candidates. Dickson received 89% of the total vote.
The 2007 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election was the 3rd gubernatorial election of Bayelsa State. Held on April 14,2007,the People's Democratic Party nominee Timipre Sylva won the election,defeating Ebitimi Amgbare of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
The 2003 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19,2003. Incumbent Governor,PDP's Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won election for a second term,defeating ANPP's Millionaire Abowei and two other candidates.
The 1999 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on January 9,1999. The PDP nominee Diepreye Alamieyeseigha won the election,defeating the APP candidate,Francis Doukpola,and two others to become Bayelsa State's first elected governor.
The 2008 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred on May 24,2008. Incumbent PDP Governor Timipre Sylva won re-election in the supplementary election,defeating AC candidate,Ebitimi Amgbare,to emerge winner. Sylva won in six LGAs of the state.
The 2023 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held for state governors in 31 out of 36 Nigerian states. All but three elections were held on 18 March—concurrent with elections to every state house of assembly,three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections—while the Imo State,Kogi State,and Bayelsa State elections will be held on 11 November. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all states were in 2019. All states have a two term limit for Governors which makes 18 incumbent governors ineligible for re-election.
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 2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election took place on 11 November 2023 to elect the Governor of Bayelsa State. Incumbent PDP Governor Douye Diri won reelection. The primaries were scheduled for between 27 March and 17 April 2022.
Events in the year 2009 in Nigeria.
