Jegede disowns thugs arrested with firearms

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has disowned suspected thugs arrested with firearms at Ifon in Ose Local Government. He was scheduled to stop at Ifon as part of his local government campaign tour. The suspected hoodlums were inside a Toyota Sienna bus branded with Jegede’s […]

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Saraki commends Buhari for keeping military out of Edo election

Prominent Peoples Democratic stalwarts, including,  two former Senate Presidents- Bukola  Saraki and David Mark, have welcomed the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Others who cheered Obaseki’s victory were erstwhile Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu. They […]

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Agenda for good governance: Utmost good faith in governance

By Seinde Arogbofa Governance in a season of anomie In this period of anomie, I wonder why any person or group of persons should be thinking of Utmost Good Faith in Governance. One is surprised too at the choice of words and how they have been put together: all positive and superlative – utmost, good, […]

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Eight injured, vehicle burnt as Akeredolu, Jegede supporters clash

Eight persons have been injured and a vehicle razed in an attack between supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at Oba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The clash occurred on Wednesday when Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s campaign team ran into the campaign train of […]

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How peace returns to Ondo APC – Tinubu

All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has disclosed the sacrifices he made for peace to return to the party in Ondo State. He said that he made himself available when some partyleaders in the state sought to reach him before the primaries to raise questions regarding Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. He said he […]

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Ondo election: 100 defect to PDP

At least 100 prominent politicians, cutting across three political parties in Ondo State, yesterday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, in Iju and Itaogbolu, in Akure North Local Government area of the State. This was contained in a statement sent to The Radiance by the Head, Media Research, Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, Mr […]

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Adegoke says Akeredolu has failed Ondo people

Jegede’s wife promises traders soft loans Afenifere chieftain and three terms Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Chief Segun Adegoke, said today that the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led All Progressives Congress, APC, administration has failed the people, and as such, should be voted out. He gave the charge in Ondo town, while speaking at a […]

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Olabimtan named Akeredolu’s campaign director general

By Banji Ayoola A former Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Victor Olabimtan has been named the director general of the Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Campaign for the October 10 governorship election. The close associate of the late Governor Olusegun Agagu, who currently serves as the Special Adviser to the Governor on […]

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Kekemeke apologises over viral video, says it’s a pep talk

assures he means no harm By Banji Ayoola A former governorship aspirant and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke, has apologised over a viral video in which he purportedly threatened violence and asserted that his party would use the federal might to win the October 10 governorship […]

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PDP boycotts, says Ondo council poll a charade; APC, Akeredolu hail exercise

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, has failed the people of the state as it described today’s local government election conducted by the commission as a charade. It therefore called for its disbandment. The PDP and Zenith Labour Party had boycotted the election […]

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