The Independent National Electoral Commission has opened its online portal for the accreditation of media organisations and journalists covering the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, set for November 16, 2024. INEC, in a statement released today by its National Commissioner and the Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Commi...
•Election in Nigeria The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has announced that elections in the 18 local government areas and 203 wards of the state will be conducted on January 18, 2025. The Chairman of the Commission, Dr Joseph Aremo, announced the new date at a Stakeholders’ meeting held at the Commission’s headquarters in ...
•Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (right) The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu alongside members of the commission on Thursday held an extraordinary meeting with political parties leaders at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting focused on the Commission’s preparations for the upcoming Edo and ...
•CP Oladipo (middle in uniform) The Ondo State Police Commissioner, Abayomi Oladipo, has warned herdsmen and youths in Uba/ Eshimeri Akoko and Aduloju camp, in Akoko South West, against killings and arson in the community. Abayomi, vowed to bring to book the killers of a farmer, Sunday Ayeni and arsonists that wrecked havoc in Aduloju [&hellip...
•Late Mrs Debbie Olakunbi Adene Personal Assistant to Ondo State caterer, Mrs Debbie Olakunbi Adene, has reportedly confessed why he and his boss’s driver killed the popular entrepreneur few days after her birthday. Police sources revealed that the pair murdered the 54-year-old woman because they wanted the money that was sprayed on her during...
•Okada riders Motorbike snatchers are on the prowl again in Ondo State as they have successfully snatched three commercial motorbikes (Okada), leaving two among their victims dead. In Akoko area of the state, the armed snatchers attacked a popular Okada rider Dada Jatto, at Iyani-Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area, and escaped with ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, Tuesday, August 6, released the final figure of registered voters in Edo and Ondo states ahead of the September 21 and November 11 governorship elections in the two states. The final figure showed that 2,629,025 persons registered to vote in Edo State, while 2,053,061 registered to vo...
•Security operatives Streets in Akure, the capital city of Ondo State, were deserted today while shops, shopping malls and offices, including government offices, were shut down out of fear and apprehension about the hunger protest, which commenced today. Security operatives, including policemen, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Def...
•NYSC members Kidnappers who abducted five youth corps members travelling along Ifon/ Owo road on Friday evening have demanded a sum of N15m ransom, threatening to kill the victims if the families failed to pay the ransom. The kidnappers were said to have contacted the families of the victims over the weekend, demanding N30m per […]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 134 observer groups would be eligible to monitor the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo slated for September and November, respectively. Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, who disclosed this in a statement further revealed ...