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Veronica Nnaji
Veronica Ogechi Nnaji (born 10 January 1940) is a Nigerian nurse and politician. In 1979 she was one of the first group of three women to take their seats in the House of Representatives. Biography Nnaji was born in Umuaka in January 1940, one of seven children of farmer Therea Ezendu and trader Mathias Ezendu.''Nigeria who is who in the Legislature (the House of Representatives), 1979-1983'', 1983, p79 She was educated at Holy Rosary School between 1948 and 1955, after which she trained as a nurse at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Ihiala from 1956 to 1960. She then attended the School of Hygiene in Aba and the Health Centre in Nsukka, qualifying as a nurse in 1963. She subsequently worked at Amaigbo Joint Hospital in Nkwerre between 1963 and 1965, after which she worked at the Motherless Babies Home in Okwelle until 1970. She married in 1965 and had five children.Raph Uwechue (1991) ''Africa Who's who'', p1288 In 1974 she became the owner of a maternity home. In the 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Nigeria)
The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house. Nigerian state delegations The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, assumes a National Assembly for the federation which consist of a senate and a House of Representatives. The senate consist of three senate members from each Nigerian state and one senate member from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. There must be three hundred and sixty members in total, representing constituencies for the Federal House of Representatives. Members (since 1979) *Members ** List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1979–1992 ** List of members of the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justina Eze
Justina Eze is a Nigerian diplomat and politician who was the member of the House of Representative for Uzo Uwani during Nigeria's Second Republic. Eze was a former Nigerian ambassador to Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde and a former Presidential Liaison Officer to the House of Representatives during Olusgeun Obasanjo's democratic rule. She was the first woman from the Eastern Region, Nigeria to get into the House of Representatives in 1979. She joined Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Jim Nwobodo to build the National peoples party (NPP) and was one of the three women that made it to the Federal House of Representatives in 1979. She is also one of thfounding mothersof People Democratic Party(Nigeria). She has always encourage women and paved way for them in politics. She was born in Nimbo/Uzuwani Local Government Area of Nsukka senatorial zone of Enugu State Enugu State ( ig, Ȯra Enugu) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian People's Party Politicians
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Nurses
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. ''Nigeria'' is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians derive from over 250 ethnic groups and languages.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Nigerian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria in August 1983. 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 ... was elected on 20 August and the House of Representatives on 27 August. The result was a victory for the ruling National Party of Nigeria, which won 60 of the 96 Senate seats and 306 of the 450 House seats. African Elections Database Results Senate House of Representatives References {{Nigerian elections Niger ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Nigerian General Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 30 December 1964, although they were not held until 18 March 1965 in some constituencies in Eastern Region, Lagos, and Mid-Western Region due to a boycott in December. The election saw most parties run as part of alliances, the Nigerian National Alliance (the Northern People's Congress, the Nigerian National Democratic Party, the Midwest Democratic Front, the Dynamic Party, the Niger Delta Congress, the Lagos State United Front and the Republican Party) and the United Progressive Grand Alliance (the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, Action Group, the Northern Progressive Front, the Kano People's Party, the Northern Elements Progressive Union, the United Middle Belt Congress and the Zamfara Commoners Party). The result was a victory for the Northern People's Congress, which won 162 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives, whilst the NNA held a total of 198 seats. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was re-elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Soyannwo
Esther Oladunni Soyannwo (née Ososami) was a Nigerian teacher and politician. In 1964 she was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, but was unable to take her seat. Biography Soyannwo was educated at CMS Girls School Lagos St Anne's School, Ibadan is a secondary school for girls in Ibadan, Nigeria. The school took its current name in 1950, after a merger between Kudeti Girls School, founded in 1899, and CMS Girls School, Lagos, founded in 1869. It can therefore clai ... and worked as a teacher. A mother of six, STRIFE IN NIGERIA: PARTY HITS BACK; Loser in Vote See Threat to Political Existence ''The New York Times'', 14 November 1965 she entered politics in the 1950s, joining the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiola Babatope
Abiola Babatope née Odeyale is a Nigerian politician who represented Mushin Central District II, Lagos in the House of Representatives during the second republic. Babatope attended St Anne's School Ibadan for her secondary school education and later studied geology at University of Ibadan. After her graduation she worked at the office of the Secretary to the Lagos State government. After leaving the services of Lagos State, she joined Mobil Producing Nigeria in 1971. In 1977, she was a Councillor in Mushin and in 1979, she was elected a House of Representative member under 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 ... (UPN). She is married to Ebenezer Babatope. References Unity Party of Nigeria politicians Women members of the House of Represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umuaka
The Umuaka Autonomous Community is a city in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Umuaka is situated almost mid way between Orlu and Owerri Owerri ( , ) is the capital city of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of Igboland. It is also the state's largest city, followed by Orlu, Okigwe and Ohaji/Egbema. Owerri consists of three Local Government Areas including Owerri Municipal, .... The Orlu/Owerri Road passes almost through the center of Umuaka crossing the Ukwuorji-Nkwerre/Amaigbo Road at Afor Umuaka Market. Umuaka is made up of ten autonomous communities, Achara, Amaiyi, Amakor, Isiozi, Uba, Ugbele, Ibele, Umuele, Obinwanne and Obeakpu. Umuaka has a total area of 26.5km2, about 15,000 households and half of Njaba local governments population. Its population is about 100,000 making Umuaka Ebieri the largest demographic groups in Njaba local government which has a total population of 197,600. The area is dense rain forest situated in the Njaba river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian People's Party
The Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) was one of the major political parties that contested elections in the Nigerian Second Republic. The party was made up of three major groups: the Lagos Progressives, Club 19, and the Nigerian Council of Understanding. The Lagos progressives included some Lagos based NCNC politicians such as Adeniran Ogunsanya, T.O.S. Benson and Kola Balogun. The National Council of understanding was led by Waziri while Club 19 had Matthew Mbu, Solomon Lar, Omo Omoruyi, Paul Unongo, Antonio Fernandez and others as members. Though the party was formed to create a national outlook, the exit of Waziri Ibrahim, led to an erosion of politics without borders. Waziri's exit was precipitated because he wanted to be the chairman and also the presidential candidate of the party. The party later came to be seen as an eastern Nigerian party, though it hard scores of support in Plateau State, Rivers State and Lagos. The party tried to promote social justice and social change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
