Category: Politics

Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday defied heavy downpour and waited for over three hours in the rain to flag off its campaign for the second term reelection of governor Rotimi Akeredolu on the October 10 governorship election in the state. The event which took place at the Akure sports stadium, at […]

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, on Saturday said his party is confident of victory. He spoke with reporters after a stakeholders meeting held at the Oyo State Government House in Agodi, Ibadan, to strategise towards the election. He said:“The people of […]

L-R: Bola Tinubu; Ondo State Governor and APC candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN; Lagos State Governor and Chairman, APC National Campaign Council for Ondo Governorship election, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Akeredolu’s running mate, Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa during the commissioning of Ondo State Internal Revenue Service Headquarters and Akeredolu’s second term campaign flag-off in Akure, Ondo, on […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday in Akure officially flagged off the campaign of its candidate, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for the October 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo State. Speaking at the rally, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Mai Buni, urged people of the state not to allow anyone to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja endorsed the candidacy of Rotimi Akeredolu for the Ondo State Governorship election slated for October 10. The National Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, confirmed the endorsement after he presented the candidate to the President at the State House. Speaking to State House […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has dismissed the allegation that its governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, is pursuing what is known as the Akure agenda. It said anybody making the allegation was attempting to localise a state issue. The PDP challenged any political opponents to state how Jegede campaigned with the Akure agenda […]

By Banji Ayoola Few hours after the winners who emerged from Saturday’s council election in Ondo State were sworn in, the Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, said that the poll was illegal. The organisation’s Head of Media Research, Mr Kayode Fasua, in an interview with The Radiance on Monday at his principal’s campaign office in […]

By Banji Ayoola Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has charged the newly elected council chairmen in Ondo State to get cracking on ensuring that he wins the October 10 governorship election. He asked them to immediately raise campaign committees to begin work at their respective councils once the campaign starts. He particularly asked them to work hard […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appealed to the presidency to contain what it alleged as growing violence in Ondo state aftermath of the just concluded council poll and ahead of the October 10 governorship election. It said it petitioned the presidency through the security agencies. At a press conference on Monday […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has listed what it called ‘sins’ of the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, that it believed would eventually give victory to its candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, in the October 10 governorship election. In a statement on […]