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Politics of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [1] One of the primary functions of the constitution is that it provides for separation and balance of ...
14 July 1959. Ibadan, Western Region, Nigeria. Nationality. Nigerian Place of Birth: Igbanke in Edo State. Organization (s) Leaders and Company Limited, Delta State. Known for. Publisher, ThisDay Newspaper, Chairman, Arise News Channel. Nduka Obaigbena CON, Duke of Owa Kingdom is the founding Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the THISDAY Media ...
He also wrote an investigative report about the potential human rights violations coming out of a proposed infectious diseases bill in Nigeria's house of representative addressing the COVID-19 lockdown. This article won Hundeyin a People Journalism Prize for Africa. [6] [7] In 2021, Hundeyin wrote about the rape and death of a 26-year-old woman.
David Umahi. David Nweze Umahi CON (born 25 July 1963) is a Nigerian politician who serves as the minister of works of Nigeria. He previously served as the senator representing Ebonyi South senatorial district from June to August 2023, and as the governor of Ebonyi State from 2015 to 2023; and deputy governor from 2011 to 2015. [1][2]
Elections in Nigeria involve choosing representatives for the federal government of Nigeria as well as the various states in the Fourth Nigerian Republic [1]. Elections in Nigeria began in 1959 with several political parties [2][3][4][5]. It's a method of choosing leaders for which the citizens have the right to vote and to be voted for [6].
Occupation. Politician. lawyer. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON (born 13 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory since 2023. [1] He previously served as the governor of Rivers State from 2015 to 2023. He is an Ikwerre man from Rumuepirikom in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State. [2]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, [6] [7] [8] the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari [7] in the 2015 presidential election. [9]
Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; 25 February 1925 – 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979, which gave rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.