Category: Politics

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has appointed Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as the chairman of its 104-member National Campaign Council for the October 10 Ondo State governorship election. This was contained in a statement titled: ‘Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu heads 104-member APC National Campaign Council for Ondo State Governorship Election’, signed by the Deputy […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has declared that the exit of the state’s Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, from the party would not affect its prospects of winning the October 10 governorship election in the state. Reacting to Ajayi’s resignation from the party, it said in a statement on […]

Ahead of the forthcoming local government elections in Ondo State, the state Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) will tomorrow commence training of over 6,000 adhoc staff engaged for the election. ODIEC also said that it has distributed non sensitive election materials to its offices across the 18 local government areas of the state ahead of the […]

Eyitayo Jegede, Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has sought the support of former president Olusegun Obasanjo ahead of the election. Jegede, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of the state made this known on Saturday via Twitter. He […]