By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- As Ondo State prepares for its off-cycle governorship election, President Bola Tinubu has called on all political stakeholders and the electorate to uphold peace and decorum and fulfil their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the elections. The president made the call in a...
Ondo State Governorship election
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As Ondo State governorship election set to tomorrow, Saturday November 16, 2024, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, has disclosed that everything is in place for a seamless and credible process. Babalola made the disclosure during and interview with some Journalist on Friday...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has appealed to his supporters not to relax until his victory in the Saturday’s governorship election. Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election, stated this on Thursday in Akure during an interactive event organised by the Special...
Three gubernatorial candidates have withdrawn from the Saturday’s election, in Ondo State after endorsing Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The candidates made the disclosure during a solidarity visit to Aiyedatiwa by Dr Ajibola Falaye, the candidate of the Accord Party, who spoke on...
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democracy Party( PDP), Alhaji Umar Damangum, has urged the party supporters in Ondo State not to yield to intimidation during the Saturday’s governorship election. Damangum made the call during the final campaign rally for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Agboola Ajayi, on...
The Defence Headquarters says it had deployed troops to provide assistance to the police in ensuring a hitch free off-cycle Ondo Governorship Election slated for Nov. 16. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the presence...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored voters in Ondo State to re-elect Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his deputy, Dr Olayide Adelami, in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Shettima made the call on Wednesday while addressing the crowd at the MKO Abiola Democracy Park, Akure, for the All Progressives Congress...
President Bola Tinubu has described members of opposition parties in the country as reactionary politicians. Tinubu stated this, on Wednesday in Akure, at the grand finale of the campaign rally for Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ondo state in Saturday’s election. The President,...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has said no amount of shenanigans from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will make it lose its focus of ensuring the success of its candidate, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The APC Campaign Council Spokesman, Mr Banji Okunomo, stated this while addressing...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has pledged not to abandon all projects initiated by his former boss, the late Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa stated this on Monday in Owo at the palace of Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, during his campaign to the local government area of the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, wished Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State victory in Saturday’s governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyedatiwa is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nov. 16 election. Obasanjo wished the governor well in the...
Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has urged Ondo State residents to vote for the party’s candidate, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, at the Nov.16 governorship election. Ganduje made the appeal on Sunday during the Aseyori Conference held at the University of Fortune, Igbotako, Okitipupa...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has banned the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun and Vigilante Corps from participating in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State. IGP Egbetokun have the directive in a statement on Sunday by the Force spokesman, Muyiwa...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the deployment of adequate personnel and resources for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the deployment would involve officers...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Eighteen Nigerian political parties on Friday signed a Peace Accord in Ondo State, pledging to promote a peaceful gubernatorial election and accept the results of the upcoming polls, provided they are deemed free and fair. This significant development aims to ensure a violence-free electoral...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called for a peaceful and credible Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024. This was even as the Nigeria Police said it would deploy 22,239 officers, in addition to...
The National Chairman Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission has accredited 111 domestic and international organisations, and will deploy 3,554 observers for the Ondo State Governorship Election. Yakubu made this known on Thursday in Akure during a stakeholders’meeting organised by the commission...
An Ondo High Court in Akure on Thursday set aside the suit challenging the candidature of Mr Olugbenga Edema as the flag-bearer of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state. Delivering judgment, Justice Oluyemi Osadabay, held that the court lacked jurisdiction...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said he will dualise the Akure-Idanre road if elected in the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for Nov.16. Aiyedatiwa made the promise on Wednesday during his campaign to Idanre Local Government where he assured the people of comprehensive development across the council area....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated the commission’s readiness to conduct a free and fair Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Yakubu made this known during his readiness assessment visit to INEC Local Government Area (LGA) offices on Tuesday in the state....