Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ondo state governorship election, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said he would accept defeat if the election is not marred by fraud. Briefing newsmen after casting his vote at polling unit 05, Igbo ward 4, Obenla in Ilaje LGA of the state, Aiyedatiwa said reports from his aides showed that the election has been largely peaceful in some other units of ...

A Presiding Officer, Miss Angela Oshogwe, at the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State has said that the Bio modal Voter Accreditation System( BVAS) machine could not capture faces of some elderly voters. Oshogwe, manning Poling Unit 19, Ward 11 Olamojuba, Ondo in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, said she had lodged the complaints to the concerned authorities. She added that ...

Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY Comedian and his estranged wife, Mabel, are reportedly embroiled in a custody battle over their second child. It can be recalled that Rephrase, Ayo and Mabel separated earlier this year after 20 years of marriage. AY himself shared the news on the internet, noting that he could no longer entertain public opinion about his personal family ...

Live results trickling in from the governorship election in Ondo State show Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress maintaining his lead, followed at a distance by his Peoples Democratic Party opponent, Ajayi Agboola. Governor Aiyedatiwa, seeking to retain his seat, is trying to fend off contenders from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party and Zenith Labour ...

On Saturday, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, urged President Bola Tinubu not to dishonour the United Nations, UN, like ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. Ejimakor recalled how the UN Rights Council Working Group directed Buhari’s government to release Kanu and compensate him in July 2022. He disclosed that Kanu’s case has moved ...

In a dramatic escalation of tensions within Abia State’s local governance, Governor Alex Otti faces intense backlash over new policies that critics are labeling as authoritarian and damaging to local autonomy. During a closed-door meeting on November 13, 2024, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu, outlined a series of sweeping restrictions on local ...