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Dr. Olu Agunloye, Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), says he will transform Ore in Odigbo Council Area of Ondo State to a commercial hub if elected as governor. He also promised to increase the salary of traditional rulers and the number of first class traditional...

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, November 22 called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to extend the November 26 governorship election as a matter of urgent public importance. It was gathered that the assembly presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Fatai Olotu...

The Gubernatorial candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke was on Wednesday waylaid and attacked in Ondo town by hoodlums believed to be supporters of the Ahmed Markafi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chief Oke whose convoy was sacked by the...

Ex Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has congratulated Eyitayo Jegede following his reinstatement as PDP's rightful candidate Ondo state's governorship election this saturday. Related: Ondo Election: Jegede Triumphs At Appeal Court

Jimoh Ibrahim has reacted to the Appeal court's ruling that Eyitayo Jegede will now be the candidate of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP for the Ondo Governorship election. Ibrahim in his reaction wrote, ''At the end of the day, The winner isn't going to be the person who won at the court...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the people of Ondo State to go out to the polling stations on Saturday, November 26, and cast their vote for change. “The right to vote is not only a civic responsibility, but the opportunity to determine the course of our lives as a people. “A vote for...

Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has insisted that the election should be postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) even with Court of Appeal's verdict that Mr Eyitayo Jegede be returned as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party in the November 26...

The candidate of the Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has dedicated his victory at the Court of Appeal to the good people of Ondo state. Eyitayo Jegede will now be the candidate of the Peoples Democratic party in the November 26, 2016 gunbernatorial election in the state. Video...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will obey the judgement of the Court Appeal ordering the removal on Jimoh Ibrahim's name on one condition. The commission said it would now replace his name with that of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as ordered by the appeal court as the...

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari's 2017, 2018 and 2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, MTEF and Fiscal Strategy Paper. Here are five unspeakable ways the Senators described President Buhari's MTEF 2017 proposal: 1. "MTEFFSP is Voo...

The Appeal Court Abuja has sacked Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim and declared Mr Eyitayo Jegede as the PDP governorship candidate for Saturday's governorship election in Ondo state. The appealte court ordered INEC to put Jegede’s name on the ballot and remove that of Jmoh Ibrahim as the PDP...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-kayode has congratulated the makarfi-led Peoples Democratic party candidate, Barrister Eyitayo Jegede over his viftory at the Court of appeal. “Congrats to Eyitayo Jegede, Gov. Mimiko and the PDP in our victory at the Court of Appeal today. Shame on Ali...

The absence of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba has stalled hearing in a suit challenging the candidature of Rotimi Akeredolu, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 26 Ondo State Governorship Election. Dr. Olusegun Abraham, a stalwart of the APC in Ondo, filed the suit at the...

Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stormed the Appeal Court On Wednesday in the suit between the Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sheriff-led caucuses. The Special Panel of the Appeal Court in Abuja sitting on the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidacy tussle for Saturday’s...

Tension brewed at the camp of Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi-led PDP as the Special Panel of the Appeal Court in Abuja sitting on the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidacy tussle for Saturday’s election shifted its judgment by an hour. In a notice earlier sent to all parties...

The Ondo State chapter of the Alliance for Democracy has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of planning to arrest and jail leaders of the opposition party. Addressing a news conference in Akure, on Tuesday, a chieftain of the AD, Mr. Tolu Babaleye, said the plan to arrest and jail...

Tension brewed at the camp of Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi-led PDP as the Special Panel of the Appeal Court in Abuja sitting on the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidacy tussle for Saturday’s election will give its judgement today. In a notice sent to all parties, the court...

The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for Saturday's governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Yinka Orokoto has withdrawn from the race and collapsed his structure with that of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). Speaking at the grand rally of AD in Akure, the state capital, Orokoto said he has...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris has announced that no fewer than 26,000 officers and men of the Force drawn from 26 mobile units would be deployed for this weekend’s governorship election in Ondo State. The IGP stated this On Tuesday in Akure, the state capital, at a...

Embattled candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimoh Ibrahim, has expressed confidence that his name will remain on the ballot as the candidate of the party in Saturday’s governorship election. Mr. Ibrahim said this on Tuesday against the backdrop of the Supreme Court decision, dismissing...