Edo North Senatorial District in
Edo State comprises six local government areas which consist of
Etsako West
Etsako West is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Auchi. Etsako West is made up of six clans: Uzairue, Auchi, South Ibie, Anwain, Jagbe and Aviele.
The major towns in this LGA includes Auchi, Jat ...
,
Etsako East,
Etsako Central
Etsako Central is a Local Government Area at Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Fugar.
It has an area of 660 km and a population of 94,575 in the 2006 census. The Common language speaking in the area is Afemai language ...
,
Owan West
Owan West is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Sabongidda Ora.
It has an area of 732 km and a population of 97,388 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 313.
Wedding customs
Wed ...
,
Owan East
Owan East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The headquarters is in the town of Afuze. The Owan East Local Government Area comprises 69 towns/villages made up of eight clans (Emai, Igue, Ihievbe, Ikao, Ivbi-Mion, Ive-Ada-Obi, Otuo an ...
and
Akoko Edo. The headquarters (collation centre) of Edo North is
Auchi in Etsakor West LGA. The current representative of Edo North is Francis Alimikhena of the
All Progressives Congress, APC.
List of senators representing Edo North
Notable people from Edo North
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Michael Imoudu
Michael Athokhamien Omnibus Imoudu was a Nigerian labour union leader.
Early life and education
Imoudu was born in 1902, in Afemai division of Edo State. His father was a soldier in the West African Frontier Force and had served in East Africa ...
, a former labour union leader and founder of the Nigeria state
*
Chief Julius Momo Udochi the first Nigerian ambassador to the United States
*
George Agbazika Innih
George Agbazika Innih (25 September 1938 – 15 August 2002) was a Nigerian Army general and statesman. He was the military governor of Bendel and Kwara States.
Early years
George Agbazika Innih was born on September 25, 1938, at Agenebode, ...
, one-time
military governor
A military government is generally any form of government that is administered by military forces, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and whether this government is formed by natives or by an occup ...
of
Bendel and
Kwara State
Kwara State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Kwárà), is a state in Western Nigeria, bordered to the east by Kogi State, to the north by Niger state, and to the south by Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states, while its western border makes up part of the internation ...
s
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Abdul Rahman Mamudu, former commander of the
Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Chief of Army Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army.
History Formation
The Nigerian ...
Signals Corps and military administrator in
Gongola State
Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State; it existed until 27 August ...
*
John Momoh
John Momoh (born 1 July 1957) is a Nigerian broadcast journalist and the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, an independent and multiple award-winning 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos. He is widely recognized in Nigeria as a t ...
, CEO of
Channels Television
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 medi ...
*
Adams Oshiomhole
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole (born 4 April 1952), is a Nigerian politician and the former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress. He had previously served as the President of Nigeria Labour Congress from 1999 to 2007 and the executive gove ...
, past president of the
Nigeria Labour Congress
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Nigeria.
History
The Nigerian Labour Congress was founded in December 1978, as a merger of four different organisations: the Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC) ...
and past governor of
Edo State
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Tony Momoh
Prince Tony Momoh (27 April 1939 – 1 February 2021) was a Nigerian journalist and a politician who was Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture (1986–1990) during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
Birth and education
M ...
, former Minister of Information and Culture
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Anthony Ikhazoboh, minister of sports and transport
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Francis Alimikhena
* Dekeri Sunday Anamero Esq., A philanthropist and Accomplished Entrepreneur
References
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Politics of Edo State
Senatorial districts in Nigeria