Fawehinmi family endorses Mimiko’s re-election bid
Family members of the late legal luminary and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), have thrown their weight behind the re-election bid of Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.
Ondo: The facts and figures
DUBBED as the Sunshine State, Ondo, which was created on February 3, 1976, has a population of 3,441,024 persons (2006 census) distributed across 18 local councils within a land area of 14,788.723 Square Kilometres.
IG withdraws security from political office holders
THE Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday withdrew all police orderlies attached to political office holders in Ondo State just as he announced restriction of movement into the state from this evening.
18 RECs to be used for election – Jega
BY DAYO JOHNSON CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, yesterday, assured that all the votes cast in the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State wouldl count and that the winner of the election would be declared Sunday morning. Jega, who spoke in Akure during a stakeholder meeting with all […]
Olajumoke disowns Mimiko, pledges support for PDP
SENATOR Bode Olajumoke has dismissed speculations that he is secretly supporting the second term bid of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
Mimiko hails Ondo people, alerts on oppositions’ antics on election day
The Mimiko Campaign Organisation (MCO) has thanked the people of Ondo State for their unalloyed support and show of love for the State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko while his campaign for re-election lasted.
Ondo Guber: ACN cautions INEC on accreditation of partisan groups
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on INEC to speak out urgently on the decision by the commission’s Election Monitoring and Observation Unit to register alleged partisan groups as observers for Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.
Falae blasts Tinubu: We won’t serve a foreign god
A Chieftain of Afenifere and former Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae yesterday blasted the national leader of the ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu describing him as a fake progressive.
Odumakin’s group should be de-accredited
THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday pressed forward its case for the removal of the Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin led Women Arise from among the election monitors on account of what it alleged to be her husband’s partiality.
Women Arise: Odumakin hits Lai
In a sharp reaction Tuesday to the ACN demand for her group’s withdrawal from the polls, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin said:“In twenty four hours, Alhaji Mohammed has issued two statements against us repeating the same baseless and puerile allegations against our organization .
