Nigerian Woman Wins US State Assembly Election

A Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. Agbaje who will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party, won by a landslide polling 17,396 votes or 74.7 percent … Read more

Nigerian-American, Esther Agbaje Clinches Democrat Ticket For Minnesota House Of Reps

Thirty-five-year-old Nigerian-American Esther Agbaje has emerged the democrat candidate for 59B Minnesota District. Agbaje defeated incumbent lawmaker Raymond, who was seeking a fifth term to represent the district, in Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary. Agbaje, who polled 47% of the votes cast against Dehn’s 42%. She will slug it out with her major contender, Republican candidate … Read more