The Police in Ondo State have arrested six suspects in connection with Tuesday’s clash between supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ipele and Owo in Owo Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro, who confirmed the arrest
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday, charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the credible conduct of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, insisted that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu cannot win a credibly conducted election in the state.
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The candidates of the 17 political parties contesting the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State are expected to sign a peace accord Tuesday next week , the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof . Mahmood Yakubu , has said . According to him , the commission has recovered from the recent
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State , Mr Eyitayo Jegede , has given reasons for not picking Agboola Ajayi , the Ondo State Deputy Governor as his running mate . Agbola had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress in a bid to
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Eight persons have been injured and a vehicle razed in an attack between supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oba Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government area. The clash occurred when Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu campaign team ran into the campaign train of candidate of the PDP, Eyitayo Jegede,
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NO fewer than five persons were killed while eight others were injured in an auto crash along Owo/ Akure highway in Ondo state. Eyewitness account said that the crash occurred at Emure in Owo council area of the state at about 923am. He attributed the accident to over speeding and wrongful overtaking by the drivers
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The United States (US) Government says it has imposed visa restrictions on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the Edo and Ondo State governorship polls on Saturday and October 10 , respectively . Although elections have not yet held in Edo
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One person has been reportedly killed while many persons were injured in a road accident that occurred on Saturday at the Oloko area in the Akoko North – East Local Government Area of Ondo State . According to an eyewitness , the accident involved a Toyota Primera car with registration number ANG 35 BV car
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The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has demanded the setting up of a probe panel to investigate the fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the state. Ajayi who reacted to the incident in a statement on Friday issued through his Media Aide, Allen Sowore, alleged that
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The mysterious fire that razed the Ondo State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the capital of Akure, destroyed no fewer than 5, 141 card readers. This was revealed on Friday by INEC Information Commissioner, Festus Okoye, who further stated during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the
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Voters in Edo and Ondo states have been told that they must wear face masks before they would be allowed to vote in the forthcoming governorship elections in the two states. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Thursday at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force
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The Ondo State Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alagbaka Akure, was Thursday night razed by fire. The fire was said to have destroyed no fewer than 5000 card reader machines. This came barely one month to the governorshp election in the state , when the commission was already preparing for the smooth
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Multiple road accidents on Sunday have claimed many lives in the Akungba Akoko area of Ondo State. The accident, which occurred on Sunday night, was caused by an articulated truck, which rammed into some vehicles by the roadside. This is coming barely three days after another accident occurred in the area where five persons died.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday tasked the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as the party’s campaign committee for Ondo State governorship election, to ensure the party retains the state in the upcoming election. He gave the charge when he met with the campaign council for the Ondo election, when they came
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Femi Emodamori, an Akure-based lawyer, has alleged that he has evidence that the deputy governor of Ondo State, and governship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZPL) Agboola Ajayi submitted fake certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governorship poll is scheduled for October 10. Mr Emodamori in a letter addressed to the
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