Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, may have reconciled with his former deputy, Alli Olanusi, for the sole purpose of delivering the current Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, in the October 10, Ondo governorship election. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that Mr. Mimiko, while in office as governor, had his then enstranged deputy,
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate for Ondo State governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede, will announce his running mate tomorrow, Monday, July 27. Likely candidates are: Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi; Gboluga Ikengboju Dele; Hon. Benson Amuwa; Mrs. Banke Solton and Banji Okunomo, all from Ondo South senatorial district. Jegede is from Ondo Central while Governor Oluwarotimi
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Just less than a week after losing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primary election for the governorship seat in Ondo State, the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, might be on his way to joining the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) for the party’s ticket. This follows the deputy governor’s meeting with the immediate past governor of
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The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, is reportedly under pressure to pick the current Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, as his running mate, party sources have revealed. The DAILY VENDOR news reported earlier that Ajayi, who dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for the
Read moreSequel to his emergence as the gubernatorial standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the end of the party’s primaries in Ondo State on Wednesday, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede has stated that the end of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has come in the State. Jegede said this shortly after his victory in the
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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Aketedolu, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC), primary, thus clinching the party’s ticket for the October 10, governorship election in his state. Akeredolu defeated seven other contestants after four other aspirants earlier stepped down to support his candidacy. The four aspirants that stepped down for Akeredolu were Mr Ife Oyedele,
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Ondo State House of Assembly lawmakers have asked the state’s Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, to take advantage of his much touted majority in the assembly to remove the Speaker, Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun, The Nation reports. This was prompted by the call that the Speaker should resign or be sacked, made by the Deputy Governor.
Read moreThe Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has filed a suit against no fewer than 26 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly for contempt following moves to impeach him. In the suit filed on Friday, Ajayi asked the Federal High Court in Akure to jail the 26 members for “deliberately plotting and executing plans to
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The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday resigned his membership of the party. The Chairman, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, who tendered his resignation letter at the party’s secretariat revealed that he has already decamped to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Ajayi who confirmed
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The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Iroju Ogundeji has been suspended. Ogundeji was suspended alongside another member of the House, Hon. Adewale Williams. The two lawmakers were suspended by the leadership of the House on Wednesday during plenary for unruly behaviour. The affected lawmakers were among the nine lawmakers who did
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Reports have emerged on the circumstances leading to the death of Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, to Coronavirus on Thursday. Adegbenro died at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, after he was rushed there for treatment shortly after his health condition took a disturbing turn. SaharaReporters revealed that the Ondo Health Commissioner shunned
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The rule of social distancing which was advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) to check the spread of coronavirus was breached in Ondo State on Friday during the burial rites of the late Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro. PREMIUM TIMES obtained pictures of hundreds of
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Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akerodolu, who has tested positive for COVID-19 recently, has declared that there was no vacuum in the governance of the state, foreclosing the possibilities of handing over to his deputy, Agboola Ajayi. This is as the state government has allayed fears of residents over the increasing cases of Coronavirus in
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The wife of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akerodolu, Mrs Betty Akeredolu and a security aide have tested positive for coronavirus, Nigerian Tribune reports. The newspaper said a government official confided in them on Thursday. The official said: “The samples of the First Lady which was collected two days ago and one of the security aides of the governor returned positive
Read moreThe Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenr, has died of COVID-19 complications. Adegbenro was said to have died at the state Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH in Akure, Ondo State capital on Thursday. His death came a day after Governor Rotimi Akeredolu announced that he has tested positive for COVID- 19. Details later…
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