Ondo Election
2 Oct
Youths in Ondo State, under the aegis of the Ondo State Youth Vanguard, have called for the removal of the state's Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, ahead of the forthcoming November 16 governorship election in the state. The youths in their number, who stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…
25 Sep
Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999 and conduct of elections nationwide, never as the turnout of electorates on Election Day been this poor as it was in Edo last weekend.
7 Sep
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has appointed 344 political aides 70 days to the governorship election. The newly appointed aides comprised of 28 senior special assistants and 316 special assistants. Aiyedatiwa rolled out the long list of the aides on Friday, 70 days before the forthcoming off-cycle Noverber 16 governorship election in the…
6 Aug
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Justice, Development and Peace Makers’ Centre (JDPMC) in Osogbo, has expressed its readiness to track the campaign finances of political parties in the forthcoming Ondo State gubernatorial election scheduled to hold on November 16, 2024. The NGO said that the move would ensure integrity in the electoral process and expose the…
5 Aug
A non-governmental organization, Justice, Development and Peace Makers' Centre (JDPMC), Osogbo has expressed readiness
7 Apr
Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter, at the weekend, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by some persons to cause chaos within the party ahead of the primaries on April 20. The party leaders led by Adewale Ibraheem, who accused supporters of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of being behind the…
4 Apr
Ahead of the November 16 Ondo State governorship election, the Action Democratic Party (ADP), has pegged its nomination and expression of interest forms at N12.5 million. ADP National Chairman, Yabaji Sani, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, when an aspirant, Ayodeji Emmanuel Akinnodi, picked the forms. Sani expressed confidence that the party would trounce the…
3 Apr
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) have raked in no fewer than N905 million from the sale of expressions of interest and nomination forms for primary elections in Ondo State. No fewer than 13 aspirants under the platform of the APC obtained the N50 million forms, while a female aspirant…
28 Mar
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared five of the seven aspirants to contest its primary election for the Ondo State governorship election. The party's screening panel presided over by former Ebonyi State Governor, Senator Sam Egwu, however, refused to disclose the names of two aspirants said to have been disqualified. Our correspondent gathered that…
24 Feb
Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has disclosed that he will contest for the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Aiyedatiwa, who succeeded his late boss in December 2023 to complete the tenure of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, revealed that he cannot afford to be the…
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