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Jan 14, 2025 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
-- ODIEC Distributes Non-Sensitive Materials-- Vows not to Underrate Other Political PartiesAhead of Saturday's local government election in Ondo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence in repeating its landslide victory from the last governorship election, where it won in all 18 council areas of the state. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has confirmed that 13 political parties will participate in the election.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
A security guard at a rubber plantation in Edo State, Sule Gende, has been arrested by the Ondo State security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun for organising his abduction and demanding N50m ransom from his employer. Parading 22 suspected criminals in Akure, the state capital, the state commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said two other suspects were arrested in connection with the crime.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson |Dapo Akinrefon
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the collation of results for the Ondo State governorship election from 5am to noon. The Returning Officer, Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi, had earlier announced that collation of the remaining five council areas will resume by 5 a.m. (Sunday), but later said it commences by noon. Prof Akinwunmi is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson |Dapo Akinrefon |Kingsley Omonobi
*INEC postpones collation to 12 noon*... uploads over 92% of resultsGovernor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state and the candidate of the All Progressive Congress is leading in all the 15 local governments so far declared by INEC. He won the two local government announced when collation began at 5 a.m. The are Akure North and Okitipupa.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
The Labour Party, LP, 2023 Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, led the campaign of the party's candidate in the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Sola Ebiseeni, and his running mate, Mr. Dayo Awud, in a roadshow across Akure, the state capital, drumming support for them.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson |Omeiza Ajayi
·Parties, candidates sign peace accord·Kick against vote buying, electoral malpracticesAhead of Saturday's governorship election in Ondo State, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has received 'sensitive' materials for the exercise. The balloting materials were conveyed by the Nigeria Airforce to Akure, the state capital, yesterday.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
Akure — The two leading candidates in the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Agboola Ajayi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), clashed over their proposed minimum wage for workers during a debate organized by Channels Television. Aiyedatiwa emphasized that his administration is committed to paying workers a minimum wage of N73,000, a move he says has been well-received by the state's workforce.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
....As APC inaugurates campaign councilThe National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has asked the people of Ondo State to allow the governor and the party's candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to continue to provide progressive leadership. Ganduje said this in Akure, while inaugurating the state national governorship campaign council, headed by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
newsheadlines.com.ng | Dayo Johnson
•Says APC creating division in opposition to retain power in 2027•PDP, NNPP mulls alliance to sack APCBy Dayo JohnsonThe 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.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Dayo Johnson
·Says effort meant to tarnish gov's reputationOndo State government has denied that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was involved in domestic violence with his spouse. It described a viral video, said to be that of the governor engaging in a domestic scuffle with his spouse, as blackmail. A statement by the SSA to the Governor on Strategic Communication, Allen Sowore, in Akure, fingered opposition parties as "responsible for the circulation of a female abuser's video to tarnish the governor's reputation.
