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Ugbesia (Ighalo) was elected to the Senate for Edo
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421:"Ministers: A Biographical Summary"
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644:"New face of National Assembly"
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118:Edo Central Senatorial District
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558:"The clash of two old farmers"
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475:"Edo 2007: The battle ahead"
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2914:Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi
2873:Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja
1756:Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke
898:Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif
396:"Sen. Odion M. Ugbesia"
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3219:George Thompson Sekibo
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259:University of Illinois
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2846:Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
2711:Abdulmumini M. Hassan
2629:Mohammed Danjuma Goje
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2001:Hassan Muhammed Gusau
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1553:Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa
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1415:Mohammed Adamu Bello
871:Alphonsus Obi Igbeke
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501:"Candidates to beat"
277:Government positions
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891:Mohammed A Muhammed
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267:University of Benin
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2410:Cross River
2385:Ahmed Zanna
2297:Adamu Gumba
2249:Chris Ngige
1115:Julius Ucha
1018:Cross River
271:Niger Delta
149:Nationality
91:Preceded by
3468:Categories
3192:Victor Lar
2419:Bassey Otu
2351:David Mark
2034:David Mark
1361:Caleb Zagi
959:David Mark
658:2011-04-21
628:2009-11-27
599:2009-11-27
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805:Akwa Ibom
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