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Meet 12 members of the 10th National Assembly from Osun State 

Osun State, in the south-west of Nigeria, has a total of twelve members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and nine representatives in the House  Osun is a state in south-western Nigeria, bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara state, to the south by Ogun state, and to the west by Oyo state. Osun state was established on 27 August 1991 and its capital city is...

Meet 27 members of the 10th National Assembly from Kano State

Kano State, north-west Nigeria, has a total of twenty seven members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and twenty four representatives in the House Kano State is the the largest state in Nigeria by population. The state’s capital and largest city is the city of Kano, the second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the state is Abba Kabir Yusuf. He was sworn in on 29 May 2023. Senators...

Meet 10 members of the 10th National Assembly from Zamfara State

Zamfara State, in the north-west of Nigeria, has a total of ten members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and seven representatives in the House Zamfara is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau. Until 1996, the area was part of Sokoto State. Zamfara is densely populated and  inhabited by mainly Hausa and Fulani. Zamfara sate is made up of fourteen local government area. It is currently governed by...

Meet 9 members of the 10th National Assembly from Taraba State 

Taraba State, in the north-east of Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and six representatives in the House  Taraba State was created on 27 August 1991 out of the defunct Gongola State. The state derives its name from River Taraba and lies in the north-east geopolitical region of Nigeria.  A striking historical fact about the state is that it encompasses part of the mambilla region, which...

Meet 9 members of the 10th National Assembly from Yobe State

Yobe State, in north-east Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and six representatives in the House Yobe State was created on 27 August 1991 out of Borno State. The capital is Damaturu, and its largest city by population is Potiskum, which also the home of the former Senate President, Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan. The incumbent governor Mai Mala Buni was sworn in on 29 May 2019. He...

Meet 14 members of the 10th National Assembly from Benue State 

Benue State, in north-central Nigeria, has a total of fourteen members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and eleven representatives in the House  Benue State, located in north-central Nigeria, was established in 1976 as one of the seven states created at that time. The state takes its name from the Benue River, Nigeria’s second-largest river after the Niger River. Benue shares borders with Nasarawa State to the north, Taraba State to the east, Kogi...

Meet the 12 members of the 10th National Assembly from Ogun State 

Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, has a total of twelve members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and nine representatives in the House Ogun State, located in southwestern Nigeria, is the second most industrialized state after Lagos, with a significant focus on metal processing. It is home to Wole Soyinka, the renowned Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Abeokuta, the capital and largest city of...

Meet the 19 members of the 10th National Assembly from Kaduna State 

Kaduna State, in north-west Nigeria, has a total of  nineteen members in the National Assembly, comprising three senators and sixteen representatives in the House Kaduna State was created on 27 May 1967 as North Central State and renamed on 17 March 1976. The current governor, Uba Sani, is an ex-senator who represented the Kaduna Central senatorial district from 2019 to 2023. Additionally, he was an inductee, chosen through a rigorous selection process by an MVP...

Joan Mrakpor: Meet ex-rep who spent 11 days in kidnappers’ den

After 11 days in captivity, Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, former member of the House of Representatives, was released on August 9, 2024. We bring you pertinent details of her background in the Ex-NASS Series piece  Mrakpor was abducted on July 30, 2024, by armed gunmen at her church in Asaba, Delta State. During the incident, the gunmen shot and killed a police officer and her driver before they forcefully took her away. The gunmen reportedly escaped...

Meet the 11 members of the 10th National Assembly from Plateau State 

Plateau State, in north-central Nigeria, has a total of eleven members in the national assembly, comprising  three senators and eight representatives in the house  Plateau State, located in the middle belt region of Nigeria, is the twelfth largest state by size, with an estimated population of about 4.5 million. Approximately 25% of the population resides in urban areas, while the remaining 75% live in rural areas. Created in 1976 from the northern part of the...

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