Tag: Ondo
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Akeredolu Expels Channels, AIT, Others From Govt Office Over Unfavourable Press Coverage
Embittered by unfavourable press coverage, Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has barred some media stations from covering his activities and that of the state government, Sahara Reporters has reported. The media outlets include the Channels Television, the African Independent Television (AIT), Raypower and Core Television. They have been instructed to drop all the state…
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BREAKING: Ondo ADC Chairman, Four Others Feared Kidnapped
The Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo State, Mr Bisi Ogungbemi, has been reportedly kidnapped along with four other persons by gunmen in the state. Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Idowu Akinrinlola, confirmed the incident to Channels Television in a telephone chat on Thursday. According to him, Mr Ogungbemi…
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Breaking: Over 3,000 Members of APC With 2,000 Members of ZLP Defect To PDP In Ondo
No fewer than 3,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Tuesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. Similarly, about 2,000 members of the newly formed Zenith Labour Party in the state have also decamped to the PDP. The event took place at the PDP secretariat in Idanre town in Idanre…
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2019: Ondo PDP Leaders Write Secondus, Demand Cancellation of Rep Primary
The Leaders of the People Democratic Party in Odigbo Local Government areas of Ondo State has protested the primary election that produced Bar Yomi Akinfemiwa as the candidate of the PDP for the Federal House of Representatives for Odigbo/Ile Oluji Oke -igbo Federal constituency in Ondo State. In a petition addressed to the National Chairman of…
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I’m Worried How PDP Will Win General Election In Okitipupa, Irele Over Leadership Greed —Bitire
Fomer chairman of Okitipupa Local Government and People Democratic Party (PDP) Aspirant for Okitipupa State constituency II of Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Solomon Bitire, has attributed his loss of PDP primary election to what he described as political gang up due to selfishness. While pledging his loyalty to his party, PDP, at Okitipupa,…
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Ondo APC Primary: We’ll Work Against Our Party — Aggrieved aspirants
FOURTEEN aggrieved aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State have threatened to work against the party in the forthcoming general elections They vowed to “bring down the party in the 2019 general elections if the party leadership failed to attend, address and correct the injustices melted on them. Addressing newsmen in…
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PDP Electoral Committee Nullifies Rep Primary Election In Ondo
The Electoral Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for House of Representatives in Ondo state, has nullified the primary elections held in Owo/Ose Federal constituency in the state. According to a statement jointly signed by the Committee’s Chairman, Bimbo Adepoju, Secretary, Modupe Johnson and a member, Dayo Ogunmodede, said the cancellation of the primary…
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Akeredolu Allegedly Considers Joining PDP Over Imposition of Candidates By APC NWC
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is reportedly being considered dumping the Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) over the imposition of candidates by the National Working Committee, (NWC) of the party on Tuesday where the party did not conduct primary election for some Aspirants in Ondo State due…
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Senator Boroffice Allegedly Escapes Assassination Attempt In Owo
— Akeredolu says allegations of assassination wicked and blatant lies The senator representing Ondo North senatorial district, Prof Ajayi Boroffice, yesterday escaped assassination in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state. His Special Assistant, Kayode Fakuyi, confirmed the attack, alleging that the suspected assailants were political thugs. He said: “In continuation of…
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Thugs Invade APC Secretariat In Ondo
Some residents of Okitipupa in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Thursday, scampered to safety as thugs invaded and disrupted activities at the All Progressives Congress Secretariat. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the thugs destroyed parts of the secretariat, setting party flags ablaze and tearing posters of candidates vying for…