Why we don’t need a stingy man as governor in Ondo State — Cleric
As people of Ondo State prepare for governorship election, the Senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has declared that the people of the state won’t vote for a stingy politician who will take the state backwards. He stated this on Saturday while speaking with journalists in Akure,the state capital. Pastor Giwa specifically advised politicians who are stingy to quit the governorship race in no time as there would be no chance for them at the polls. It would be recalled that Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had fixed the governorship election in the state
BREAKING: Ondo South PDP cancels consensus arrangement for Guber aspirants
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo South Senatorial District has cancelled the proposed consensus arrangement for all the governorship aspirants in the District. The leaders of the party who met on Friday in Okitipupa town, headquarters of Okitipupa local government area of Ondo State, have directed all the aspirants to prepare for primary as there will no longer be a consensus arrangement. The cancellation of the consensus arrangement for the Ondo South governorship aspirants might not be unconnected with the decision of the leaders to provide a level playing ground for all the said aspirants. Initially, the leaders of
Ondo 2024: Akinwunmi picks PDP Nomination Forms of N35M ahead of Primary
One of the governorship aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Adeolu Akinwunmi has purchased the PDP expression of interest and nomination forms on Friday. Starnews NG reports that Akinwunmi picked the Thirty Five Million Naira Only (N35, 000, 000) forms at the National Secretariat of the PDP at Wadata Plaza in Abuja, FCT. He was accompanied by some party leaders and loyalists. Recall that the NWC of the PDP had on March 7, 2024 advertised the Sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. The sale of form will close on March 21, 2024. After one
Ondo 2024: PDP Gains Momentum As Akingboye Releases Financial Support For Party
By Our Correspondent Otunba Bamidele Akingboye (OBA), a leading contender for the governorship seat in Ondo State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) banner, is making strategic financial contributions to bolster the party's grassroots structures. This initiative is aimed at strengthening support and reinvigorate the organizational framework crucial for the PDP's resurgence in the state's political arena. Akingboye’s approach involves allocating funds to enhance the operational capabilities of PDP structures at the local government, ward, and unit levels. This funding facilitates important meetings, mobilization efforts, and administrative functions necessary for effective grassroots engagement. During a comprehensive tour across the state's
The fluidity of loyalty
By Biyi Orilabawaye Hon Abayomi Sheba is my benefactor and during the last federal elections, because he was a contestant, flurry of lies were unleashed on his person. Though, an aspirant in PDP, I couldn't stomach the assault and brazen lies against him and therefore replied those rabid critics. Within few minutes, they literally let loose the hell, all manners of insinuations and conclusions were conjured. Before you could say, Jack Robinson, APC'S secretariats have called Barr Morayo Lebi to explain why his media coordinator was campaigning for the candidate of another party! Lebi simply punctured their paranoid and advised
Ondo 2024: PDP and its reward System; making a case for John Ola Mafo
By Desmond Akinnubi The Ondo State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been engulfed in internal bickerings for a very long time. This crisis, when properly critiqued, is largely based on the chapter's lack of a good reward system that encourages loyalty and dedication to the Party. Ever since the Party lost power in the State, the Party has been in a free fall and members have had no option than to seek refuge elsewhere. Some have retraced their steps and found their way back into the Party, but some have never left the Party ever since then.
Ondo Speaker Faces Impeachment Over Aiyedatiwa’s Endorsement
Ondo Speaker, Olamide Oladiji is facing controversy for reportedly claiming that 18 lawmakers support Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s All Progressives Congress ticket bid in the upcoming November governorship election. Oladiji made this assertion during Governor Aiyedatiwa’s declaration of intent, sparking discussions on the validity of his claim. The Speaker said, “18 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have agreed to support Aiyedatiwa. Even those who are not in the APC are with us in this struggle, and by the grace of God, we will arrive at the promised land.” Thirteen lawmakers, however, in
‘I Did not Receive Any Notice of Impeachment’, Edo Deputy Governor Shaibu
By Miracle Ogunde As the impeachment plot against the Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu thickens, the office of the deputy governor says it received no impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly. In a letter dated March 12, addressed to the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, through his Personal Assistant, Charles Olubayo, the deputy governor denied ever receiving an impeachment notice from the state House of Assembly. The Deputy Governor’s office highlighted that the Speaker directed the impeachment notice to be served through newspaper publications, citing the Deputy Governor’s alleged refusal to acknowledge the earlier notice
Ondo APC governorship aspirant dumps party for NNPP
One of the All Progressives Congress Governorship aspirants in Ondo State, Prof. Ibrahim Ajagunna (PIA), has defected from the party to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Ajagunna, an indigene of Ikare-Akoko, had in September 2023 made his intention known to contest for the state's top seat. In his resignation letter duly signed and addressed to the APC Ward Chairman of Ikado Ward 1, Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state, and which was copied to the Local Government and State Chairman respectively, the frontline aspirant, noted that his resignation became effective March
2024: Governor Aiyedatiwa officially declares ambition
The Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Tuesday, officially declared his intention to contest in the forthcoming November 2024 gubernatorial election in the state under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor made the declaration during a meeting with stakeholders of the APC drawn from the 18 local government areas of the State at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade ground in Akure. Governor Aiyedatiwa had earlier visited the State Secretariat of APC in Akure where he also made his intention known to the State Working Committee of the party led