Biography of Sen. Sam Ominyi Egwu

Sam Ominyi Egwu is a serving senator in Nigeria representing,  Ebonyi North constituency. He was born in 1961 in Dekina LGA, Kogi State.

He attended CNML Primary and Secondary School, Anyigba. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the famous Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1984 with a second class honours (upper division). He obtained his M.Sc at University of Jos in 1985, and PhD in 2003

He served the University of Jos in the Department of Political Science.

His membership of professional bodies includes the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA); Association of Political Science (AAPS) Social Science Academy of Nigeria (SSSN); African Studies and the Association (ASA) and the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

Between 2008 and 2010 he served as President of the Nigerian Political Science Association after an earlier stint as Vice-President of the association between 2005 and 2008.


He was Governor of Ebonyi State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.
He was Federal Minister of Education in December 2008.
He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria.


His stay as education minister was characterized by ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) and other university union strikes. This led to people demanding for his sack.

He contested and won the 2015 Senatorial election.


He is married and blessed with children.  

Biography of Sen. Emmanuel Paulker

Emmanuel Paulker is a serving Nigeria senator, representing Bayelsa Central constituency, he obtained his WASC in 1973, from Bishop Dimeari Grammar School. A graduate of  Biochemistry from the University of Port Harcourt in 1983. 

A teacher by profession, he was appointed Bayelsa State Commissioner of Lands and Housing 1999-2001. 

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 2007, he was appointed to committees on Industry, Finance and Downstream Petroleum.

He sponsored motions to scrap FERMA and create a Federal Highway Authority instead, and to stop universities from conducting post-JAMB examinations. 

Paulker was among a group of ten Senators who got into trouble in May 2009 over a trip to Ghana where they were said to have been lavishly entertained by oil company executives.

He sought to contest the 2015 Bayelsa state gunbernatorial elections but was disqualified under controversial circumstances. He was disqualified from the governorship race because some members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) attended his thanksgiving service.

was elected Senator for the Bayelsa Central constituency of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).