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Benue North-East Senatorial District
Benue North-East senatorial District well known as zone A within Benue State covers seven local government areas which include Katsina-Ala, Logo, Nigeria, Logo, Ukum, Konshisha, Vandeikya, Kwande and Ushongo. There 84 electoral wards and 1,389 polling units as of 2019 election. The headquarter of Benue North-East Senatorial District is Katsina-ALa. The current representative is Senator Gabriel Suswam. List of senators representing Benue North-East {, class="wikitable" , + !Senator !Party !Year !Assembly !Electoral history , - , Daniel Saror , People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP , 1999 - 2007 , 4th 5th National Assembly, 5th , , - , Joseph Akaagerger , People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP , 2007 - 2011 , 6th National Assembly, 6th , , - , Barnabas Andyar Gemade, Barnabas Gemade , People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP , 2011 - 2019 , 7th National Assembly, 7th 8th Nigeria National Assembly, 8th , , - , Gabriel Suswam , People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP , 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benue State
Benue State is one of the North Central states in Nigeria with a population of about 4,253,641 in 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 among the 7 states created at that time.The state derives its name from the Benue River which is the second largest river in Nigeria. The state borders Nasarawa State to the North; Taraba State to the East; Kogi State to the West; Enugu State to the South-West; Ebonyi and Cross-Rivers States to the South; and has an international border with Cameroon to the South-East. It is inhabited predominantly by the Tiv, Idoma and Igede. Minority ethnic groups in Benue are Etulo, Igbo, Jukunpeoples etc. Its capital is Makurdi. Benue is a rich agricultural region; popularly grown crops include: oranges, mangoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, soya bean, guinea corn, flax, yams, sesame, rice, groundnuts, and Palm Tree. Benue State as it exists today is a surviving legacy of an administrative entity that was carved out of the protectorate of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
9th National Assembly
9th National Assembly may refer to: * 9th National Assembly of France * 9th National Assembly of Laos * 9th National Assembly of Nigeria * 9th National Assembly of Pakistan 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ... * 9th National Assembly of Serbia * 9th National Assembly of South Korea * 9th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Nigeria National Assembly
The 8th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on June 9, 2015 and the assembly ran its course until June 9, 2019. Composition The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. The National Assembly comprises 469 members elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The House of Representative consists of 360 members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 59 were elected on the platform of the APC and 49 were elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party following the sudden death of Senator Ahmed Zanna elected on the platform of PDP to represent Borno Central. Only six of the senators were women. The women elected were Stella Oduah and Uche Ekwunife who both represent Anambra, Monsurat Sunmonu from Oyo state, Fatimat Raji Rasaki, Grace Okoji Oku, Oluremi Tinubu and Binta Garba. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th National Assembly
7th National Assembly may refer to: * 7th National Assembly of France * 7th National Assembly of Laos * 7th National Assembly of Namibia * 7th National Assembly of Nigeria * 7th National Assembly of Pakistan * 7th National Assembly of Serbia * 7th National Assembly of Slovenia * 7th National Assembly of South Korea 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ... * 7th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnabas Andyar Gemade
Barnabas Andyar Iyorhyer Gemade (born 4 September 1948) is a Nigerian politician, formerly National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who was elected Senator for the Benue North East constituency of Benue State, Nigeria on 9 April 2011 national elections. He is currently a member of All Progressive Congress (APC) Early career Born on 4 September 1948 in Benue State, Gemade is a chief from the Tiv ethnic group. He holds a Tiv traditional title of ''Nom-I-Yange-I-Tiv''. Gemade was the chief executive officer of the Benue Cement Company (BCC) from 1985 to 1992, and was said to have been highly effective in this position. Gemade was a member of the 1994–1995 Constitutional Conference during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. He has held the positions of Secretary (Minister) of Works and National Chairman of the Congress of National Consensus party, which was one of the parties sponsored by military director, General Sani Abacha. PDP chief In the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th National Assembly
6th National Assembly may refer to: * 6th National Assembly of France * 6th National Assembly of Laos * 6th National Assembly of Namibia Below is a list of members of the 6th National Assembly of Namibia. They were selected by their parties based on the results of the 2014 parliamentary election. The members were in the National Assembly from 21 March 2015 until 21 March 2020. ... * 6th National Assembly of Nigeria * 6th National Assembly of Pakistan * 6th National Assembly of Serbia * 6th National Assembly of Slovenia * 6th National Assembly of South Korea * 6th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Akaagerger
Lt. Colonel Joseph Iorshagher Akaagerger (born 5 May 1956) was the Military Administrator of Katsina State, Nigeria from August 1998 to 29 May 1999. After the return to democracy, in April 2007 he was elected to the Senate representing Benue North East. Background Akaagerger was born on 5 May 1956 in Konshisha local government area of Benue State, of Tiv origins. He attended Government Secondary School, Gboko (1969–1973). Joining the army, he attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna (1976–1977), the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, United Kingdom (1977–79). He also obtained LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Jos and a doctorate degree in International Economic Law from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He holds the traditional title of Ambe u Konshisha (the Konshisha Crocodile). He is a kinsman of former Attorney-General and Justice Minister Michael Aondoakaa. Military career Akaagerger held various posts in the army, rising to the rank of Lt. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th National Assembly
5th National Assembly may refer to: * 5th National Assembly of France * 5th National Assembly of Laos * 5th National Assembly at Nafplion * 5th National Assembly of Namibia * 5th National Assembly of Nigeria * 5th National Assembly of Pakistan * 5th National Assembly of the Philippines * 5th National Assembly of Serbia * 5th National Assembly of Slovenia * 5th National Assembly of South Korea Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ... * 5th National Assembly of Vietnam {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Saror
Daniel Iyorkegh Saror was elected Senator for the Benue North East constituency of Benue State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999. He was reelected in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, Saror was appointed to committees on Solid Minerals, Science & Technology, Agriculture, Finance & Appropriation, Water Resources and Education (Vice Chairman). After reelection on the ANPP platform in 2003, Saror was appointed Deputy Minority leader. In the April 2007 elections, Saror ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Benue State on the ANPP ticket. He was defeated by Gabriel Suswam Gabriel Torwua Suswam (born 15 November 1964) is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Benue State. He is a Senator of the 9th assembly, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Early life and education Gabriel Suswam was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsina-Ala
Katsina-Ala is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Katsina-Ala where the A344 highway starts. It is also the location of an important archeological site where artifacts of the Nok culture have been found. Community The LGA of Katsina-Ala has an area of and a population of 224,718 at the 2006 census. The town center is the location of one of the oldest schools in Nigeria, Government College Katsina-Ala, founded in 1914, and has produced many prominent members in Nigerian society. The postal code of the area is 980. The community, which lies on the banks of the Katsina Ala River, a major tributary of the Benue River, is mainly occupied by Tiv, Hausas and fulanis. The major language of communication in Katsina Ala is Tiv Archeological site Terracotta statues were found at Katsina Ala in the middle of the twentieth century. They include realistic representations of human heads, with some animals, and parts of larger statue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Suswam
Gabriel Torwua Suswam (born 15 November 1964) is a Nigerian politician and former governor of Benue State. He is a Senator of the 9th assembly, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Early life and education Gabriel Suswam was born on 15 November 1964 in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. In 1986, he was admitted into the Law Faculty of the University of Lagos. He obtained an LL.B degree in 1989, and the BL Certificate from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1990. He was called to the Bar that year. He worked for other law firms from 1990 to 1994, while continuing his studies. In 1994 he launched his own law firm. Political career In the 1999 election, he ran for office in the House of Representatives for the Katsina-Ala/ Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency, and was elected on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He was appointed Chairman of the House Services Committee, and later Chairman, House Committee on FCT. He ran again, and was reelected in 2003. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
