2003 Nigerian Legislative Elections
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 April 2003. The result was a victory for the ruling People's Democratic Party, which won 76 of the 109 Senate seats and 223 of the 360 House seats. Voter turnout was 50%. Inter-Parliamentary Union Results Senate House of Representatives Results by state * *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Nigerian House Of Representatives Elections In The Federal Capital Territory
The 2003 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Federal Capital Territory was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Overview Summary Results Abaji/Gwagwalada/Kwali/Kuje Party candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Yusuf Baban Takwa won the election. Amac/Bwari Party candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. ANPP candidate Philips Tanimu Aduda Philips Tanimu Aduda is a Nigerian politician. He served two terms in the Nigerian House of Representatives between 2003 and 2011, and was elected to the Senate for the Abuja Federal Capital Territory in the 9 April 2011 elections, running on the ... won the election. References {{Authority control Federal Capital Territory House of Representatives elections 2003 elections in Nige ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Elections In Nigeria
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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April 2003 Events In Nigeria
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. History The Romans gave this month the Latin name '' Aprilis''"April" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 497. but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb ''aperire'', "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of άνοιξη (''ánixi'') (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parliamentary Elections In Nigeria
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which it is accountable. In a parliamentary system, the head of state is usually a person distinct from the head of government. This is in contrast to a presidential system, where the head of state often is also the head of government and, most importantly, where the executive does not derive its democratic legitimacy from the legislature. Countries with parliamentary systems may be constitutional monarchies, where a monarch is the head of state while the head of government is almost always a member of parliament, or parliamentary republics, where a mostly ceremonial president is the head of state while the head of government is regularly from the legislature. In a few parliamentary republics, among ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Nigerian House Of Representatives Elections In Taraba State
The 2003 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Taraba State was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Taraba State, Nigeria. Overview Summary Results Bali/Gassol PDP candidate Dahiru Bako Gassol won the election, defeating other party candidates. Jalingo/Yorro/Zing PDP candidate Alhassan Al-Gaddas won the election, defeating other party candidates. Karim Lamido/Lau/Ardo-Kola PDP candidate Khamin Taurus won the election, defeating other party candidates. Sardauna/Gashaka/Kurmi PDP candidate S.M. Nguroje won the election, defeating other party candidates. Takuma/Donga/Ussa PDP candidate Emmanuel Bwacha Emmanuel Bwacha CON is a Nigerian politician who was elected to the Senate for the Taraba South Senatorial District of Taraba State, Nigeria, in the 2011 general elections. He was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). ... won the election, defeating ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Nigerian House Of Representatives Elections In Nasarawa State
The 2003 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Nasarawa State was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Nasarawa State Nasarawa State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Kogi and Benue, and to the west by the Federal Capital Terri ..., Nigeria. Overview Summary Results Nasarawa/Toto PDP candidate Samuel Egya won the election, defeating other party candidates. Lafia/Obi PDP candidate Mohammed Al-Makura won the election, defeating other party candidates. Keffi/Karu/Kokona PDP candidate Ahmed D. Aliyu won the election, defeating other party candidates. Awe/Doma/Keana PDP candidate Abdullahi S. Hashimu won the election, defeating other party candidates. Akwanga/Nasarawa/Eggon/Wamba PDP candidate Patricia Akwashiki won the election, defeating oth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Nigerian House Of Representatives Elections In Kwara State
The 2003 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Kwara State, Nigeria. Overview Summary Results Asa/Ilorin West PDP candidate Ogundairo S. Ajibade won the election, defeating other party candidates. Baruten/Kaiama ANPP candidate Maimunat Adaji Hajiya Maimuna Usman Adaji or Maimunat Adaji (c.1957 – 2019) was a Nigerian politician. She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003. She was elected again in 2011 for the All Nigeria Peoples Party. Life She was an educatio ... won the election, defeating other party candidates. Edu/Moro/Patigi PDP candidate Yunusa Y. Ahmed won the election, defeating other party candidates. Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-ero PDP candidate Makanjuola G.P won the election, defeating other party candidates. Ilorin East/South PDP candidate Z.O. Edun won the election, defeating other party ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Nigerian House Of Representatives Elections In Bayelsa State
The 2003 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Bayelsa State was held on April 12, 2003, to elect members of the House of Representatives to represent Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Overview Summary Results Brass/Nembe PDP candidate Kalango Youpele won the election, defeating other party candidates. Ogbia PDP candidate Clever Ikisikpo Clever Marcus Ikisikpo is a Nigerian politician who served as a member of the Senate of Nigeria from May 2011 to 2015. He ran on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform representing Bayelsa East constituency, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Iki ... won the election, defeating other party candidates. Sagbama/Ekeremor Party candidate won the election, defeating other party candidates. Southern Ijaw APGA candidate Ere E. Fereinsikumo won the election, defeating other party candidates. Yenagoa/Kolokuna/Opokuma Party candidate won the election, defeating other party candidates. References { ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The Peoples Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011 and was, until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. History In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May 1999. In the legislative election held on 12 April 200 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People's Redemption Party
The People's Redemption Party is a social democratic political party in Nigeria. The Second Republic reincarnation of the Northern Elements Progressive Union and the Fourth Republican reincarnation of a similar namesake, the party was created by the supporters of Mallam Aminu Kano after his withdrawal from the National Party of Nigeria. The original party was banned after the 1983 military coup led by General Muhammadu Buhari. In the Fourth Republic, the party with the same name resurfaced under the leadership of Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa but could not gather the same level of support as its Second Republic namesake. History Following the formulation of a new constitution and an impending return to civil rule, Nigeria's top political elites organized a series of political conferences with a view to creating a political party that can transcend tribal boundaries, this culminated in the formation of the National Movement. In September 1978, however, a brawl in one of the fin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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All Progressives Grand Alliance
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party in Nigeria. Electoral history At the legislative elections held on 12 April 2003, the party won 1.4% of popular votes and 2 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives of Nigeria but no seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of 19 April 2003, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, won 3.3% of the vote. In gubernatorial elections of April 2011, Chief Rochas Okorocha (APGA) was elected governor of Imo state, polling 15% more votes than incumbent governor Ikedi Ohakim (PDP). An APGA candidate was first elected as governor of Anambra state. In February 2013, a faction of the party merged with the Action Congress of Nigeria, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Congress for Progressive Change The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was a political party founded in Nigeria in 2009 in preparation for the April 2011 elections. It was the 63rd political party to be founded in the country. In Feb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |