I am still in Ondo governorship race – Akinterinwa

By Banji Ayoola Contrary to reports trending online that he has shelved his governorship ambition, the Commissioner for Finance in Ondo State, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, has reiterated that he is still in the race to contest the election scheduled to be held in November this year. A statement issued in Akure on Monday titled “Wale […]

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Akeredolu was an exceptional leader – Olugbenga Ale

By Banji Ayoola The Chief of Staff to the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Chief Olugbenga Ale, has paid a glowing tribute to his former boss whom he described as an exceptional example of rectitude and moral uprightness. According to him, Akeredolu’s passage was “a great blow, not just to me as a person, […]

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Akeredolu’s remains arrive from Germany

Remains of the departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, have arrived in Nigeria from Germany, where he passed on nine days ago. He passed on on Wednesday December 27, 2003 in a German hospital where he was receiving treatment for prostate cancer. It was gathered that the aircraft that conveyed his body arrived in […]

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Afenifere Secretary-General Ebiseni joins Ondo governorship race

By Banji Ayoola The Secretary-General of the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni has said that the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State would be a decisive turning point for the state. While formally declaring his intention to contest the election, scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hold on November […]

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Ondo State: Tasks before Aiyedatiwa

LUCKY Aiyedatiwa, the new Governor of Ondo State, has very challenging tasks ahead of him. The erstwhile Deputy Governor was swiftly inaugurated as governor on December 27 following the tragic death of the governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, after a protracted illness. This immediately doused the political tensions that had nearly boiled over during Akeredolu’s period of […]

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Ondo PDP appoints Alabere acting state chairman

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State on Thursday appointed Hon Tola Alabere as the State Acting Chairman. This was confirmed at a press conference after an emergency meeting of its leaders in the state at the party’s state secretariat in Akure by the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Hon Kennedy Ikantu […]

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Fasoranti blesses Aiyedatiwa

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Wednesday expressed appreciation to the elders of the state for the role they played in resolving the recent political crisis in the state. Particularly he thanked the elders under the leadership of the revered elder statesman, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, whose formal petition to President Bola Tinubu […]

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Ondo sacks suspended LGs/LCDAs caretaker chairmen

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Government on Wednesday directed the suspended caretaker chairmen of the 18 Local Governments and 33 newly-created Local Council Development Areas to vacate their offices in line with a court order. Also, it directed the Heads of Local Government Administration in the councils and LCDAs to retrieve government property in the […]

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Owo group tips Mahmoud, Ogunmolasuyi, Ogunmolawa, Obanoyen as Ondo Deputy Governor

By Banji Ayoola As lobbying for appointment into the vacant seat of Ondo State Deputy Governor intensifies, an association of youths in Owo, the Honorable Social Youth Club, has tipped four prominent indigenes of the town for consideration by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The seat became vacant eight days ago on December 27, 2023, with the […]

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Adeniyan’s appointment as CPS strategic to Aiyedatiwa administration – OMP

By Banji Ayoola The Digital Media Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Ondo State has described the appointment of the chief executive and publisher of TRACE News Magazine, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan as strategic to the political communication of the administration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. In a congratulatory message on Wednesday under the […]

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