APC flags off Ondo guber campaign September

By Banji Ayoola The campaign of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, will kick off in the first week of September. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is the party’s candidate in the election, disclosed this in Akure, the state capital on Sunday during the party’s stakeholders’ meeting. Lagos […]

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Mimiko says he won’t reply Akeredolu now

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State’s immediate past governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, said on Sunday that he would respond to the allegations leveled against him by his successor and incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu when the campaigns for the October 10 governorship election begin. He spoke in his Ondo city home while hosting the state’s Deputy Governor […]

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Edo,Ondo Guber: COVID-19 may provoke voter apathy -INEC

Ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that the Coronavirus pandemic might lead to voter apathy in the forthcoming poll. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, spoke on Friday at a workshop on the commission’s communication policy, […]

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Akeredolu will win Ondo election – Sanwo-Olu

By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC said on Saturday that the incumbent Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, would win the October 10 governorship election in the state. Chairman of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave this assurance at the council’s inauguration in Abuja. […]

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Agagu varsity and abandoned projects

Uncompleted Faculty of Science Building. This is one of the over 20 uncompleted Building Projects at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, OAUSTECH, Okitipupa By Banji Ayoola Irked by the high number of uncompleted infrastructural and building projects dotting the landscape of the Olusegun Agagu University, OASUSTECH, Okitipupa, formerly Ondo State University of Science […]

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Ondo’s future lies in her coastal area – Akeredolu

By Banji Ayoola The future of Ondo State’s economy lies in the Southern Senatorial District of the state, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared. He made this declaration at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Alape Garden City in Ilaje Local Government area of the state, a location of less than one hour to Lekki, Lagos state. […]

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My door is open to all – Jegede

says he is not for PDP alone Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has promised to accommodate all those having genuine interest in his candidature, regardless of their political parties. A statement by the Head, Media Research, Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, Mr Samuel Fasua, said that he […]

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Akeredolu criticises Mimiko over abandoned projects at OAUSTECH

At least 20 uncompleted building projects including the Senate Building, still dot the university’s landscape By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Thursday criticised his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko for abandoning building and infrastructural projects at the Olusegun Agagu University, OASUSTECH, Okitipupa. Describing the act of abandoning projects as a total disgrace to […]

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Delisted parties won’t partake in Edo, Ondo elections – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that the deregistered political parties that got judgement at the Appeal Court on Monday will not be part of Ondo and Edo states governorship elections. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi made the declaration while responding to questions at a webinar organised by […]

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