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An Ondo State governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Wale Akinterinwa, has announced the suspension of his political activities. Akinterinwa said the suspension of political activities was to honour the death of a fellow aspirant, Dr. Paul Akintelure. The former Commissioner had planned to commence his political activities ahead of the APC primary with praise worship at his ...

One of the frontline governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Paul Akintelure, is dead. Until his death, Akintelure had raised worries about both direct and indirect threats to his life. He had expressed hope that the situation would improve over time. Akintelure, on Thursday, March 21, 2023, said, “Initially, I hope these incidents would dissipate ...

Ahead of the April 25 governorship primary election, members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have drummed up support for the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, made their decision known on Monday in Abuja when he led 12 other lawmakers to the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday provided an update on the forthcoming off-cycle governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, provided the update during the quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja. He also disclosed that dates would be announced for fresh polls in Enugu South 1 State Constituency of Enugu State, ...

In a bid to ensure the emergence of a suitable candidate for the forthcoming November governorship election in Ondo State, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the aegis of Ondo APC Aborigines, have set up a nine-man committee to evaluate and screen all governorship aspirants of the party. The committee, led by Christy Olufowose, was mandated to ...

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says there is no decision on zoning yet, on the November 16 Ondo State governorship election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated this in Abuja on Thursday, in a statement on the party’s resolutions from the NWC meeting with critical stakeholders from Ondo State. Ologunagba said ...

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde yesterday said the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State will be a tough battle. Makinde said the party has learned from the last governorship election, adding, “actually, you learn more when you fail than when you succeed. So we learned bitter lessons.” The governor stated this during a meeting between the party National Working ...

Ahead of the All Progressive Congress governorship election in Ondo state, a leading aspirant, Chief Olusola Oke, has said that his political feats puts him ahead of other aspirants eyeing the coveted seat. Oke added that his experience in the various facets of governance puts him ahead of other aspirants. Recall that the national leadership of the party has fixed ...

Former First Lady of Ondo state, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has taken to social media to attack one of her in-laws, Funke Akeredolu Aruna, for showing support for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the party primary. Funke Aruna served as Deputy Chief Protocol to the late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. She was fingered as one of those who leaked information about Akeredolu’s ...

Governorship aspirants under the platform of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo state, have raised the alarm over political violence in the state ahead of next month’s governorship primary election of the party. The party’s primary election has been slated for next month and no fewer than 20 aspirants have declared their governorship ambitions in the ruling All Progressive Congress ...