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2020 Ondo State Gubernatorial Election
The 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on October 10, 2020. Incumbent APC governor Rotimi Akeredolu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Eyitayo Jegede, ZLP Agboola Ajayi and several minor party candidates. Rotimi Akeredolu was the APC candidate. He picked Lucky Ayedatiwa as his running mate. Eyitayo Jegede was the PDP candidate with Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate. Agboola Ajayi was the ZLP candidate with Gboye Adegbenro as his running mate. Adedapo Benjamin Adelegan stood in for ADC in the polls, while Dotun Ojon represented YPP. 17 candidates contested in the election, all were male, while 2 of the deputy governorship candidates were female. Electoral system The Governor of Ondo State is elected using the plurality voting system. Primary election APC primary The APC primary election was held on July 20, 2020. Rotimi Akeredolu, the incumbent governor won the primary election polling 2,725 votes against 7 other candidates. His closes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotimi Akeredolu
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (born 21 July 1956) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who is currently the Governor of Ondo State, in office since 24 February 2017. His adopted prefix is "Arakunrin", while his nickname is "Aketi". He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who became president of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2008. Akeredolu was also a Managing Partner at the law firm of Olujinmi & Akeredolu, which he co-founded with Chief Akin Olujinmi, a former Attorney General and Minister for Justice of Nigeria. On 21 July 2020, he was declared as the Ondo governorship candidate after the primary elections under the platform of the APC. He is the current Governor of Ondo State and doubles as the chairman of Southwest Governors Forum. Birth and education Akeredolu was born on 21 July 1956 in Owo to Reverend J. Ola Akeredolu of the Akeredolu family and Lady Evangelist Grace B. Akeredolu of Aderoyiju family of Igbotu, Ese Odo, in Ondo State. Akeredolu started his primary ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channels TV
Channels Television is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, Channels Incorporated, was founded in 1992, a year before the Nigerian government deregulated the broadcast media. It began broadcasting in 1995. Its primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian domestic issues. The Channel's mission is to act as a watchdog on governmental policies and activities. History Channels Television was founded in 1995 as a private television station with only 15 employees by Nigerian veteran broadcaster and entrepreneur John Momoh and Sola Momoh, also a broadcaster. The company commenced operations in Lagos, south western Nigeria and has since grown to include three other stations in Abuja, Edo and Kano states. It also has bureaus in almost every state in Nigeria, including stringers and affiliates in other parts in Africa, as well as strong relationships with international media organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Alliance
This is list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) as well as others including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. Current parties Parties represented in the National Assembly } Other parties represented in state assemblies Extraparliamentary parties Unregistered parties These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Nigeria Peoples Party
This is list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) as well as others including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. Current parties Parties represented in the National Assembly } Other parties represented in state assemblies Extraparliamentary parties Unregistered parties These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of ... [...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] |
Accord (Nigeria)
Accord is a political party in Nigeria. In the 2015 National Assembly of Nigeria election, the party won 1 seat in the House of Representatives (Dauda Kako Abayomi Are from Mushin I constituency)Hon. DAUDA KAKO ABAYOMI ARE Mushin I, http://www.nassnig.org/mp/profile/580 and 0 out of 109 seats in the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el .... References Political parties in Nigeria Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Nigeria-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied Peoples Movement
Allied Peoples Movement (APM) is a registered political party in Nigeria. The party was registered as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission in August, 2018. The party endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 Au ... as its candidate in the 2015 Nigerian general elections. References Political parties in Nigeria {{Nigeria-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Rescue Movement
This is list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of 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 G ... has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly (Nigeria), National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria), People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) as well as others including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (Nigeria), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. Current parties Parties represented in the National As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Peoples Party
This is list of political parties in Nigeria. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). There are also a number of smaller parties, the largest of which are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) as well as others including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), People's Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and eleven other parties registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. Current parties Parties represented in the National Assembly } Other parties represented in state assemblies Extraparliamentary parties Unregistered parties These active (or recently active) parties are not currently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission. After the 2019 elections, INEC deregistered 74 political parties for failing to "satisfy the requirements" of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
African Action Congress
African Action Congress (AAC) is a left-wing, Nigerian political party created by a Nigerian 2019 presidential aspirant and Publisher at Sahara Reporters; Omoyele Sowore in a bid to contest in the 2019 general elections in the Federal Republic of Nigeria as President. The Party was launched in Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ..., the country's capital on the 15th of August, 2018. The slogan of the party is, Take it back-action. The Party National Chairman recognized by INEC is Omoyele Sowore. On Monday 13 May 2019 AAC announces expulsion of Leonard Nzenwa and suspension of other individuals for financial impropriety and anti-party activities. References 2018 establishments in Nigeria Political parties established in 2018 Political parties in Nigeria Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
