Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, the Labour Party and its candidate, Chief Olusola Ebiseni, have rejected their exclusion from the list of participants of a debate organised for governorship candidates by Channels Television. Only two candidates, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressive Congress and Chief A...
•Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has announced that the ₦73,000 wage for civil servants will be implemented this month (November). The governor made this declaration during the 2024 Public Service Week celebration, reports Channels TV. Governor Aiyedatiwa, while addressing the workers in Akure, emphasise...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has said that the Ondo people will elect a credible candidate on November 16 and protect their votes because Ondo is not Lagos or Edo. NNPP National Chairman, Ajuji Ahmed, said this in Akure, yesterday, during the party’s campaign flag-off for its governorship candidate, Olugbenga Edema, reports Vanguard. A...
•PDP candidate, Agboola Ajayi Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party today flagged off its campaign in the state. Hundreds of the party faithful converged on Oyemekun Road, Akure, the state capital, in different branded party uniforms and fez caps amid fanfare, reports Th...
•Lassa Fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded a rise in Lassa fever cases in week 39 of 2024, with Ondo and Edo states reporting nine new confirmed cases. The NCDC stated this on its official website, based on the latest Lassa Fever Situation Report. The agency said that this marked […]
•Protesters As people of Ondo State gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade, Alagbaka, Akure, for the celebration of the Independence Day, some group of activists were joined by some people in the street protesting against bad governance in the country. The protesters were protesting mainly because of the current economic hardship in the country...
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...

