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2015 Bauchi State Gubernatorial Election
The 2015 Bauchi State gubernatorial election was the 8th gubernatorial election of Bauchi State. Held on April 11, 2015, the All Progressives Congress nominee Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar won the election, defeating Mohammed Jatau of the People's Democratic Party. APC primary APC candidate Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar defeated 7 other contestants to clinch the party ticket. He won with 930 votes to defeat his closest rival and the former Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Lame, who received 806 votes. Yusuf Tuggar received 526 votes, Sadiq Mohammed received 194 votes, Ibrahim Zailani, former member of the House of Representatives received 161 votes, Abdullahi Tanko received 92 votes, Nuhu Gidado received 86 votes, Mohammed Umar received 56 votes. Accredited voters was 2,901, vote cast was 2,865 and invalid votes was 30. After the primaries, Ibrahim Lame accused the officials of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State of electoral malpractice that denied him a chance to win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Bauchi State Gubernatorial Election
The 2011 Bauchi State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Bauchi State. Held on April 28, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Isa Yuguda won the election, defeating Yusuf Tuggar of the Congress for Progressive Change. Results A total of 12 candidates contested in the election. Isa Yuguda from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Yusuf Tuggar from 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 February 2013, the party merged with the A .... Valid votes was 1,273,667. References Bauchi State gubernatorial elections Bauchi gubernatorial Bauchi State gubernatorial election {{Nigeria-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ali Pate
Muhammad Ali Pate (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician and politician who is the current Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria since 2023. He's also a professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population and director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) at the World Bank Group. Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria. On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, Pate, along with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Amina J. Mohammed were conferred with Nigeria's national honours. Pate was conferred with Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). Earlier in 2019, Pate was appointed Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Pate was also the former Minister of Health in Nigeria. His appointment in July 2011 follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauchi State Gubernatorial Elections
Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau, at an elevation of 616 m. The Local Government Area covers an area of 3,687 km2 and had a population of 493,810 in 2006. Bauchi City is among the twenty Local Government Areas of Bauchi state: Bauchi, Tafawa Balewa, Dass, Nigeria, Dass, Toro, Nigeria, Toro, Bogoro, Ningi, Nigeria, Ningi, Warji, Ganjuwa, Kirfi, Alkaleri, Darazo, Misau, Giade, Shira, Nigeria, Shira, Jamaare, Katagum, Itas/Gadau, Zaki, Gamawa and Damban. History The city was founded by Yaqub ibn Dadi, the only non-Fula people, Fulani flag-bearer of the Sokoto Empire. The name was derived from a hunter called Baushe, who advised Yaqub to build his city west of the Warinje mountain. In return Yaqub promised to name his city after the hunter. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOWA Party
KOWA Party (KP) is a political party in Nigeria. KOWA was registered as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission on July 16, 2009, by a group of Nigerian Civil Society activists, professionals and technocrats. The current National Chairman of the party is Mr. Saidu Bobboi. KOWA Party is the first Nigerian political party to adopt online voting Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots. Depending on the particular implementation, e-voting may use standalone ''electronic voting machines'' ( ..., exam writing for candidates in the presidential primary election of the party. References Political parties in Nigeria Political parties established in 2009 {{Nigeria-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity Party Of Nigeria
The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) was a Nigerian political party that was dominant in western Nigeria during the second republic (1978-1983). The party revolved around the political leadership of Obafemi Awolowo, a sometimes polemical politician but effective administrator. However, the party's main difference with its competitors was not the leader but the ideals of a social democracy it was founded on. The UPN inherited its ideology from the old Action Group and saw itself as a party for everyone. It was the only party to promote free education and called itself a welfarist party. The desired goal of the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo to build national political parties led to a gradual weakening of ethnic politics in the second republic. The UPN, as well as the People's Redemption Party (PRP), presented the most coherent plan of action during the electioneering campaign of 1979. The party jettisoned building a coalition of comfort in a polarized political environmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Alliance For Democracy (Nigeria)
The Alliance for Democracy is a progressive opposition political party in Nigeria. It was formed on 9 September 1998. At the 2003 legislative elections, 12 April 2003, the party won 8.8% of the popular vote and 34 out of 360 seats in the Nigerian House of Representatives and 18 out of 109 seats in the Nigerian Senate. The party was formed to promote the cause of the Yoruba people in the Nigerian federation following the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election widely believed to have been won by Chief M. K. O. Abiola, a Yoruba multi-millionaire businessman. In 2007 Chief Dr. Christopher Pere Ajuwa, of the Niger Delta region, ran but lost, the race for the seat of President of Nigeria. The party was embroiled in a leadership tussle between Mojisola Akinfenwa and Adebisi Akande, which lingered until September 2006 when the 'Bisi Akande faction merged with other opposition parties to form the Action Congress party. Aims and Objectives of the Alliance For Democrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayale Ahmed
Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, (born 15 April 1952) is a Nigerian civil servant and politician who served as Defence Minister of Nigeria. Early life and education Ahmed was born in the town of Shira in southern Azare, Bauchi State, to Ahmadu, an Islamic scholar and farmer. He attended Shira Primary School, Government Secondary School Azare, and then Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, Kaduna State, where he received a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1976 and a master's degree in Public Administration in 1981. He completed his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) service in 1977. He has an honorary Doctorate Degree in Law awarded by the University of Abuja and an honorary Doctorate Degree of Letters by Bayero University. Civil service and politics Ahmed joined the Bauchi State Civil Service in 1977. In 1982, he became deputy secretary to the state's Ministry of Animal Health and Forestry Resources, and the next year, in 1983, he became acting permanent secret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babayo Garba Gamawa
Babayo Garba Gamawa (2 February 1966 – 14 June 2019) was a Nigerian businessman and was the 2011 Senator for the Bauchi North district of Bauchi State. He was affiliated with the People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ... (PDP). Political career Babayo Garba Gamawa served as both the Deputy Governor and Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly. He became Deputy Governor of Bauchi when Alhaji Mohammed Garba Gadi was impeached from his position. When this impeachment was appealed and the original ruling was deemed unconstitutional, Gadi arrived at the offices to reclaim his seat. Gamawa refused to give up his seat and his supporters rioted in the street, saying "Gamawa is the authentic deputy governor." Gadi's supporters, however, proclaim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Bauchi State Gubernatorial Election
The Bauchi 2019 Gubernatorial Election was held on 9 March 2019 and concluded on 25 March 2019. The incumbent governor Abubakar Muhammad has lost to the PDP Bala Muhammed in the 2019 Bauch state Governorship election. Mr Bala Mohammed, the former minister of FCT, polled a total votes of 515,113 votes to defeat the incumbent governor Abubakar Muhammad who polled 500,625 votes. Results A total of 2,462,803 voters were registered in the state. While a total of 1,143,019 voters were accredited. A number of 1,111,406 were recorded as valid votes while 22,566 votes were annulled. Bala Muhammad was declared winner by the returning office Muhamaad Kyari with a total votes of 515,113 over the incumbent governor Muhammad Abubakar who poled 500, 625 votes. Statistics has shown that Bala was the first to defeat an incumbent government since the return of democracy in 1999. The defeated opponent Muhammad Abubakar immediately accepted defeat and congratulated Bala and wished him well. Overview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuf Tuggar
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (born 12 March 1967) is a Nigerian politician and diplomat who since 2017 is the Nigerian Ambassador to Germany. He was previously a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 representing Gamawa; and he has run twice for Governor of Bauchi State. Family Tuggar was born into a political family in Bauchi State (Gamawa), his father was the Organizing Secretary of the ruling Northern People's Congress in the period before and after Nigerian Independence in 1960, who later became a Senator in the Second Nigerian Republic. Education Tuggar received a bachelor's degree in international relations from the United States International University. He also attended the University of Bath, and has master's degree from the University of Cambridge. Early career After graduating, Tuggar spent several years in the private sector. He was the chief executive officer of Nordic Oil and Gas Services, an energy consulting firm. Tuggar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Lame
Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame (10 February 1953 – 25 May 2019) was a Nigerian educator and politician, who was elected as senator in 1992 during the Third Republic, appointed Senior Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo in August 1999, and appointed Minister of Police Affairs by President Umaru Yar'Adua in December 2008. Background Ibrahim Yakubu Lame was born on February 10, 1953 in Bauchi State. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a B.Sc. Political Science, then attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States where he earned a Ph.D. Higher Education Administration. He was appointed Assistant Registrar of Bauchi College of Arts and Science, Bauchi State, in 1978. He became the college’s principal in 1984. From 1985 to 1987 he was Commissioner for Education. In 1992 he was elected Senator. From 1998 to 1999 he was the People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
