Everyone prays for the day when elections in Nigeria not only becomes seamless but safe for the electorate – before and after the election processes. The Ondo election 2020 is barely days away and there have been several reports of violence and killings in the state capital, Akure. On social media today, October 4, 2020,... Read More

June 4, 2018

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Barely four weeks after, it seems Osinbajo’s visit to Ondo State was stage managed

Barely four weeks after the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN visited Ondo state to launch the federal government sponsored Home Grown School Feeding Programme on the 4th of May 2018, feelers from the state are already suggesting that perhaps the Vice President’s visit was more sepulchural white washing than an actual fact finding mission.... Read More

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March 16, 2018

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[The Injustice Blog] In Ondo state, education will soon be commercialized

One major casualty of our pseudo democracy over the years is the Education sector. The sector has been underfunded by some administrations and has been completely overlooked by others. To show how terrible the state of education in Nigeria has become the recent WAEC result is the quickest pointer. According to WAEC 83% of candidates... Read More

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March 2, 2018

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[The Injustice Blog] Akeredolu and his 17th Century classrooms

The best way to keep memory alive is through pictures, in the same vein the best way to pass a message without a pen and paper is through pictures.Every 21st century media user understands even more that the internet never forgets, and as such takes twice as much scrutiny when they put a picture out... Read More

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October 17, 2017

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Opinion: How Akeredolu can leverage air transport for Ondo state’s development

by Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye In the history of mankind, war has brought more destruction than development but such could not be said of the aviation industry. By the end of World War II, there was more improvement to the aviation sector of the world economy. Many Countries and capitals had built their own airports. Civil... Read More

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February 27, 2017

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Opinion: Mimiko’s footprints in Adekunle Ajasin University

by Adesina Tosin Nathaniel In January 2012 I started a journey that spanned about four years in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. As a newly admitted student I was joyous and basking in the euphoria of my long searched admission – and that euphoria was nearly cut short. On a Tuesday morning I on my... Read More

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December 1, 2016

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Opinion: Ondo elections in retrospect

by Jide Ojo The November 26, 2016 gubernatorial election in Ondo State had been won and lost. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN was declared winner by the Returning Officer, Professor Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, having polled a total of 224,842 votes to defeat 27 other candidates. The Peoples Democratic Party... Read More

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December 1, 2016

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Opinion: Tinubu and the ‘rational calculus of war’

by Jideofor Adibe Several of the ideas that flow from On War, the unfinished masterpiece of the 19th century Prussian general, Carl von Clausewitz, remain relevant today and could be applied in the analysis of any return on investment model (ROI). One of these notions is the ‘Rational Calculus of War’ in which Clausewitz argued... Read More

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November 28, 2016

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Opinion: If Tinubu walks, Buhari will go

by Umar Hassan The absence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and some APC South West Governors from the November 12th rally held in support of the Party’s candidate in the Ondo gubernatorial elections Chief Rotimi Akeredolu spells doom for President Buhari’s 2nd term chances. It’s one thing to not have the party in his grip and... Read More

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November 28, 2016

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Opinion: Ondo Governorship Election | Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris deserves applause

by Adewole Kehinde Just as Wednesday 28th September, 2016, Edo Governorship Election was peaceful and free of violence due to the security arrangement put in place by the good-natured Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, Ondo State witnessed another peaceful election held on the 26th of November, 2016, supervised by Deputy Inspector General of... Read More

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November 27, 2016

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5 things we learnt from the Ondo election

by Joachim MacEbong Now that the vote counting is nearly concluded, and the official announcement from INEC is being expected, it is time to look at what we can surmise from the Ondo governorship elections. Akeredolu’s hard work pays off: Since his failure at his first attempt at the governorship in 2012, Rotimi Akeredolu began... Read More

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November 27, 2016

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The Thread: PDP should know by now that rebranding goes beyond mocking APC |#OndoDecides

We are still waiting on the final results of the Ondo governorship election. But from what we have seen so far, Akeredolu, the APC candidate appears to be taking it home. As a matter of fact, Akeredolu is already convinced of his victory, he has already issued a statement a priori. As usual, people have... Read More

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November 26, 2016

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The Thread: Who really is deciding- the people, INEC or political parties? | #OndoDecides

The gubernatorial election for Ondo State holds today, and Twitter’s filled with reports of parties trying to purchase the people’s votes. Nigeria, let Ondo people decide for themselves who their next Governor should be. Please see below: Elections in my State of Origin Ondo today. As #OndoDecides today let us remember no one is worth... Read More

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November 21, 2016

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#OndoDecides: 3 things we learnt from the Ondo governorship debate

Earlier this evening, the only governorship debate for the Ondo elections on Saturday, November 26, took place. Here are three takeaways. Aketi conspicuously absent: in Nigerian politics, the pattern is increasingly that it is those who dodge debates who are in the lead. Muhammadu Buhari didn’t debate anyone in 2015, and Goodluck Jonathan did not... Read More

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October 23, 2012

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We have “incontrovertible evidence” of rigging in Ondo – ACN

by Hauwa Gambo Public sentiment be damned – the Action Congress of Nigeria is insisting it should have won the Ondo gubernatorial elections this weekend. In a statement issues yesterday, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Rotimi Akeredolu insisted that the win by the Labour Party’s Olusegun Mimiko was tainted with irregularities –... Read More

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Opinion: How Akeredolu can leverage air transport for Ondo state’s development

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Opinion: Ondo elections in retrospect

Opinion: Tinubu and the ‘rational calculus of war’

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Opinion: Ondo Governorship Election | Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris deserves applause

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The Thread: Who really is deciding- the people, INEC or political parties? | #OndoDecides

#OndoDecides: 3 things we learnt from the Ondo governorship debate

We have “incontrovertible evidence” of rigging in Ondo – ACN

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