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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has postponed the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state to Nov. 10. The president’s visit was initially scheduled for Nov. 3 for the commencement of the campaign of its governorship candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN). Ondo state...

The 21 lawmakers elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the Ondo State House of Assembly at the weekend rejected the substitution of Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, with Dr Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the party in the forthcoming governorship election. The lawmakers...

The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Ayodele has released a new shocking prophecies to mark end of the year. Ayodele who spoke with Sun Newspaper recalled his predictions on 2016 made in December 2015, when he said that the judiciary would face a travail...

The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has said that the outcome of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State would shock Nigerians. Ayodele who spoke with Sun Newspaper recalled his predictions on 2016 made in December 2015, when he...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State said on Saturday that President Muhammad Buhari would launch the campaign rally of its governorship candidate, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu. In a statement signed by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, said the launch of the...

The 'candidate' of the Peoples Democratic party candidate for November 26th gubernatorial election has expressed his opinion towards the chaos that occurred in Akure, the capital city of Ondo state on Friday. Barrister Ibrahim in a statement released late Friday said Governor Olusegun Mimiko is...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday adjourned till November 10 hearing in the case filed by Olusegun Abraham, one of the aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Ondo governorship election. The hearing was adjourned due to failure of Mr. Abraham to serve the orders of the...

Drama as the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has disowned the newly announced governorship candidate of the party, Jimoh Ibrahim, saying he is not a member of the party. A statement by the Party’s Director of Publicity, Ayo Fadaka, said the announcement of Jimoh Ibrahim by INEC as the...

Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. According to Leadership Newspaper, Mimiko is looking for a soft landing hence the purpose of his visit to the president. The expressed reservations over the ability of the Independent National...

Protest is rocking the Akure, the city of Ondo state over the substitution of Eyitayo Jegede's name by the Independence National Electoral Commission, INEC. See photos:

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has approved 47 domestic and international observer groups for the Ondo Governorship election scheduled for Saturday, 26th November 2016. Forty (40) domestic organizations and seven (7) international organizations make up the approved list...

Political parties in Ondo state have agreed to a deal to keep the peace before, during and after the November gubernatorial election. The state commissioner of police, Hilda Harrison, who coordinated the signing of the peace pact on Wednesday in Akure, warned politicians against using their...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has denied allegation by Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, that its acting Director, Legal Services, Mrs Toyin Babalola demanded $1million bribe from him. The commission, via a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, by Mr Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National...

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) on Thursday inaugurated reconciliation committees to bring back all aggrieved members of the party to the fold. The reconciliation committees are in three folds, one for each...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has forwarded the name of Prince John Ola Mafo to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the running mate to Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) in the November 26, 2016 governorship election. This is in line with the directive of INEC that...

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State on Wednesday said it had distributed a total of 1,201,073 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to registered voters in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Olusegun Agbaje, made this known at a stakeholders’...

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon. Bola Ilori has said the National leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was the one who instructed them to join the Alliance for Democracy. Tinubu’s decision was taken following the way he was treated on the party’s...

The senator representing Ondo south senatorial district, Chief Tayo Alasoadura has called on the leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to forgive them for the embarrassment they have caused him. At a press conference held on Monday at the press centre, Adegbemile in Akure, the Ondo...

Rotimi Akeredolu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, says Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, should be asked why he demanded the resignation of John Oyegun, chairman of the APC. Citing the refusal of Oyegun to heed the recommendation of the...

A governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke has officially dumped the party for the Alliance for Democracy (AD) ahead of the November 26, gubernatorial poll in the state. Oke was also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...