Category: Politics
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Ondo 2024: PDP Candidate, Agboola Ajayi vows to pay 76k minimum wage
By: Ado Bayero In a bid to outclass the Lucky Aiyedatiwa led administration, the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has vowed to pay N76,000 minimum wage if elected as the Governor of the State. This comes as the state Governor, Lucky…
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Ondo election: NNPP candidate Edema’s participation in doubt as court delays verdict on legitimacy
With less than two weeks remaining until the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, the participation of Hon. Olugbenga Edema, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), remains uncertain due to a pending court case regarding his legitimacy. An originating summons filed by Engr. Akintan Michael, Mrs. Kemi Fasua, the NNPP, Dr.…
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Tension Flare in Ondo Governorship Debate as Ajayi, Aiyedatiwa Clash Over Security, others
Ondo State, Nigeria – The governorship debate held live on Channels Television in Akure, the state capital witnessed a heated exchange between Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with both candidates delivering sharp criticisms of each other’s records in Office…
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Aiyedatiwa is in panic mode, says PDP
Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo state, the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, was in panic over losing the election. However, the APC has dismissed the PDP claim as hogwash, insisting that the governor would win the…
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I Told Tinubu To Stop This Mess – Wabara Fumes Over Court Order Stopping Rivers’ Allocation
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adolphus Wabara, has expressed disappointment over the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which ordered the seizure of statutory allocations to Rivers State Government. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Abuja Federal High Court declared that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s presentation of…
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Ondo guber: Parties to sign peace accord November 8
The various political parties participating in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election will sign a Peace Accord on November 8. The National Peace Committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, coordinated the initiative aimed at securing a peaceful election process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this on Thursday in Abuja, saying the Commission…
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Ondo Poll: What Agboola will do differently — Olafeso
By Miracle Ogunde A prominent leader of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, and Chairman of the Agboola Ajayi Campaign Council, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, stated that the party’s candidate has a well-structured manifesto that, when implemented, will transform the fortunes of the state. Speaking at a town hall meeting…
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Guber Poll: Igbo leader warns against violence, electoral malpractice in Ondo
As the Ondo State Governorship Election draws nearer, the Igbo group has warned its members living in the state against involving in electoral malpractices and violence during the November 16 poll. The leader and Asiwaju of Ndigbo in the state, Mr Titus Umenweke, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Alimi Collins, on…
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Ondo SDP Deputy Governorship Candidate Joins APC
The deputy governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Mrs. Susan Gbemisola Alabi, has officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mrs. Alabi’s decision comes after resigning from the SDP due to “irreconcilable differences” with the party’s governorship candidate, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye. Mrs. Alabi was warmly welcomed into the…
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JUST IN: Ondo youths storm INEC headquarters, demand redeployment of REC
Members of the Ondo Youth League, Action for Credible and Transparent Elections, this morning, stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding the redeployment of Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State. The youths who were in their hundreds were led by the convener, Comrade Ayo Adeyemi.…