The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has criticised Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the recently signed 2025 state budget, labelling it a “budget of looting” due to what it described as wasteful and dubious allocations. Governor Aiyedatiwa signed the N698.6 billion budget into law a week after its passage by the state House of Assembly. The budget allocates N265.04 …

Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Usman Ododo (Kogi), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Biodun Oyabanji (Ekiti) have signed their respective 2025 appropriation bills into law, setting the stage for transformative development in their states. Governor Ademola Adeleke signed the “Budget of Sustainable Growth and Transformation”, totaling N427.75 billion, during a ceremony at the Governor’s Office in Abere. Adeleke emphasised …

Last Friday was the first anniversary of the passage of Rotimi Akeredolu, ex-Ondo State governor. It was also the first anniversary of his successor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in office. We thus must be grateful to Aiyedatiwa for immortalising Akeredolu, famously known as Aketi that same day. Aketi was an ecumenical spirit – borrowing from Wole Soyinka’s burial oration for Chief Bola …

The winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has denied knowledge of vote-buying by agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC) assigned to polling units in the state. He also ruled out the speculation about a growing feud between him and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Agboola Ajayi, following the rejection of the poll outcome …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Ondo State governorship election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the party’s candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for his victory in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. In a congratulatory message he personally signed and issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Sunday, shortly after Aiyedatiwa was declared winner by the Independent …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has won the Ondo State governorship election. He emerged victorious in all the 18 Local Government Areas polling 366,781 votes as against 117,845 votes recorded by his closest rival, Chief Agboola Ajayi, who flew the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi was Deputy Governor to the now late …

The Ondo State chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Nigeria (ASUSN) and that of the Association of Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPS) have endorsed the governorshio candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The election holds on Saturday. The groups made their position known at an event held at the …

A few days before the governorship election in Ondo State, the governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, promised to rule with the fear of God, if elected. He spoke during his meeting with Christian leaders in Ondo State at St. David’s Anglican Cathedral, Ijomu, Akure, on Monday. This was contained in a statement by …

The two main candidates for Ondo State’s upcoming governorship election, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lucky Aiyedatiwa and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Agboola Ajayi, faced off on Sunday in a debate organised by Channels Television in Akure. With the 16 November election just two weeks away, the candidates shared their plans for the state, discussing issues including security, …

The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC), Hon. Ali Dalori has poured encomium on the party’s candidate in the 16 November governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the huge development projects in his 10-month reign as the state governor. Aiyedatiwa succeeded Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, who died in a German hospital last December after …