Tag: Rotimi Akeredolu

INEC says 17 political parties have submitted the names of candidates for the election.

Mr Adojutelegan had challenged Mr Akeredolu's victory as the party’s flag bearer for the October election.

The voting commenced after accreditation of 2,000 delegates at the International Event Centre, Akure.

Whoever emerges as the PDP candidate is expected to be the main challenger to the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who ...

The primary election is billed to hold on Wednesday in Akure.

The former APC state chairman said "the election was compromised to produce a predetermined result for a predetermined candidate"

Mr Akeredolu won in all the local government areas of the state.

Mr Akeredolu won in all the local governments in Ondo.

Mr Akeredolu will be the ruling party's flag bearer for the October 10 governorship election in the state.

Mr Akeredolu confirmed the development in a tweet via his verified handle on Monday morning.

Ten aspirants will be seeking to wrestle power from the incumbent.

There are now 10 aspirants ready to contest with the governor today.

Eleven aspirants, apart from Mr Akeredolu, reject the indirect mode of primary adopted.

Mr Abegunde had said that himself and some other powerful individuals helped Mr Akeredolu win the 2016 election.

The Ex-NMA chairman, Matthew Adeyeri, was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, on Wednesday after he was suspected to ...

Mr Oke contested the seat in 2012 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Abegunde, after resigning from the government on Monday, said on a radio station in Akure that Mr Akeredolu did ...

Nine of the 26-member state House of Assembly said they would not back the move to remove the deputy governor

"Akeredolu didn’t win the election in 2016 but we made it possible for him to become governor. We were the ...

Akeredolu and his wife were confirmed positive for oronavirus last week while his commissioner for health, Wahab Adegbenro, died of ...

The appointment follows the resignation of Ifedayo Abegunde from the position.

The development is also coming weeks after Mr Akeredolu’s deputy, Agboola Ajayi, left the APC for the People's Democratic Party ...

The government says the deputy cannot take power after the governor tested positive for COVID-19.

Mr Adegbenro, the state's commissioner for health, died from COVID-19 complications on Thursday.

This is coming two days after the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, tested positive for the deadly disease