Ondo election: Mimiko accuses INEC of injustice

Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko has said the Independent National Electoral Commission ought to postpone the governorship election in the state owing to court cases that followed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ s primary. Mimiko said this in a press conference on Friday in Akure, stating that it was injustice on the part of the... Read More

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November 10, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: Senate withdraws grazing bill | Ondo election: Mimiko relocates to Abuja

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Ondo election: Mimiko relocates to Abuja – YNaija Dasukigate: EFCC to arraign Fani-Kayode on Thursday – YNaija AFCON winner to receive $4m – CAF – YNaija Senate withdraws grazing bill – YNaija Teacher arrested for having anal sex with 10-year-old boy – YNaija FG plans tariff review to... Read More

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November 10, 2016

Ondo election: Mimiko relocates to Abuja

The Governor of Ondo, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, says he has relocated to Abuja on a part-time basis in order to ensure justice for Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Ahmed-Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to The Punch, Mimiko made the remark while speaking in Akure on Wednesday at a programme in honour of... Read More

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November 8, 2016

Ondo APC accuses Mimiko of planning to loot state treasury

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Tuesday alleged that the outgoing governor, Olusegun Mimiko was trying to divert government funds during the last few weeks of his tenure. In a statement by the publicity secretary of the party, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, the APC said the governors was awarding huge contracts to his friends. He... Read More

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November 3, 2016

Law firm sues Mimiko over cocoa beans deal in US (PHOTOS)

A law firm Ucheomumu Law Group, LLC has filed a lawsuit against SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier, the Government of Ondo and governor of the Olusegun Mimiko. Documents gotten by online news medium Sahara Reporters show that the lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA. The suit alleged that Mimiko and the Ondo... Read More

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October 30, 2016

I will ensure Mimiko does not suceed himself – Jimoh Ibrahim

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim has said Governor Olusegun Mimiko has shown his desperation by running to President Muhammadu Buhari for help. Ibrahim in a chat with Punch said he believes the President will not tamper with court rulings. “President Buhari cannot stop the Court of Appeal... Read More

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October 28, 2016

Ondo election: Mimiko sent thugs to cause mayhem – Sheriff-faction

The Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Ondo governor Olusegun Mimiko of sending thugs to cause mayhem in Akure, the state capital, Channels Television reports. According to Vice Chairman of the Sheriff faction, Mr Alabi Johnson, the thugs were boys being used by the governor over the years. He said,... Read More

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October 28, 2016

Mimiko plotting to defect to APC

Governor of Ondo Olusegun Mimiko’s visit may be in line with his plan of defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to Leadership. Mimiko paid a visit to President Buhari on Friday to discuss the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting he expressed his reservations on the decision of... Read More

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October 28, 2016

Ondo election: Buhari in secret meeting with Mimiko

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko at the Presidential Villa. The meeting can be traced to the political crisis in the state which led to a protest on Friday. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Jimoh Ibrahim candidate of the PDP for the November 26 governorship... Read More

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October 21, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: Power sector debts hit N809bn | How robbers killed Mimiko’s CSO | PDP congratulates new Oba of Benin |

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. I used 15 years to save frozen $15m – Patience Jonathan – YNaija “It’s a plot to destroy me politically”, Amaechi replies Justice Ngwuta – YNaija How robbers killed Mimiko’s CSO – YNaija PDP congratulates new Oba of Benin – YNaija You played a major role in Ken... Read More

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October 21, 2016

How robbers killed Mimiko’s CSO

Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday killed the Chief Security Officer (CSO) in charge of the convoy of Ondo governor, Olusegun Mimiko, Mr. Idowu Oyewole, at his residence in Akure, the state capital. DSP Oyewole was killed after he engaged with some armed robbers terrorising the area. According to the deceased’s son, Dare, his father was eating... Read More

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October 19, 2016

Opinion: Eyitayo Jegede and the vision of a “Greater Ondo Together”

by Jude Ndukwe The great Ondo State is at another threshold of history. The state which is generally accepted as one of the truly few progressing states in Nigeria will have one of the greatest tests of its existence come November 26, 2016, when the people are expected to vote for a new governor that... Read More

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October 6, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: The coming realignment in Yorubaland

There are two events that are of major significance this week. The first is the birthday of a man of immense integrity and a great son of the Yoruba by the name of Olusegun Rahman Mimiko who was 62 years old on October 3rd. Much has been said about him over the last few years... Read More

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August 22, 2016

Eyitayo Jegede is PDP gov’norship candidate in Ondo (PHOTOS)

Eyitayo Jegede has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state. The immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo state, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN was declared winner of the primary after polling 760 votes to defeat the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP in the 2012... Read More

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August 15, 2016

Mimiko’s commissioner resigns, defects to APC

One of the commissioners in Ondo state has resigned her position with immediate effect. Yetunde Adeyanju, the Ondo State Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperative Services, submitted her resignation letter to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Monday afternoon and later circulated a press statement announcing her defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyanju said she is leaving... Read More

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August 1, 2016

I have no plans to form a new party – Atiku

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar has dismissed claims in the media that he has formed a new political platform under which he would run for President in 2019, with Ondo State Governor Segun Mimiko as his running mate. In a statement released on Sunday evening and signed by his... Read More

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June 30, 2016

Opinion: APC Ondo – Desperadoes in action

by John Paul Akinduro The All Progressive Congress in Ondo state has been described as attention seeking party of desperadoes that has upped its ante in churning out falsehood and devising evil. Berating the state’s opposition party over the allegation that its planning an anti-corruption rally, the Ondo state government in a statement on Thursday... Read More

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June 30, 2016

Rejoinder: Dear Adene, in Ondo State, Mimiko is Making A Difference (MAD)

by Olusola Akinbinu Reading an opinion by one Gbenga Adene on YNaija, June 28, 2016, Titled: “The Madness of Nigerian Governors; case study of Mimiko”. One must be pained with the quality of the mind of the writer, and if there are more persons who think like him, then the future of this country is... Read More

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June 22, 2016

‘Immunity must be respected whether anybody likes it or not’ – Mimiko

Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko has said the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) must respect the immunity of sitting governors. The governor said section 308 of the constitution – which guarantees immunity – was put in place to allow state governors focus fully on their responsibilities and not get distracted by trials. Mimiko, the... Read More

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April 12, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Olusegun Mimiko – Giving Ondo state a clean bill of health

When in March, 2015, the executive governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, inaugurated the State’s University of Medical Sciences, the first of its kind in Africa, it was an opportunity to come to terms with the landmark achievements in that blessed state starting with the health sector. The university itself is located within the... Read More

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November 19, 2015

Mimiko to Lai Mohammed: ‘Learn to talk like a Minister’

Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has enjoined the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to speak with decorum, when addressing national issues. Mimiko’s comments was in reaction to Mohammed’s crticisim of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, who described President Buhari’s Treasury Signel Account policy, as a fraud. Speaking on Tuesday in Akure, the governor said Lai... Read More

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September 11, 2015

“If Nigerians want corrupt politicians killed, why not?” – Gov Mimiko

Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, says he’s open to whatever punishment Nigerians want to be meted out to corrupt politicians and government officials. He stated this on Thursday, a day when the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, held a nationwide protest against corruption. Speaking through his information commissioner, Kayode Akinmade, the governor said... Read More

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September 8, 2015

PDP governors visit Jonathan in Otuoke (PHOTOS)

Three governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Tuesday, paid a visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his country home at Otuoke, Bayelsa. The PDP governors who went on the solidarity visit to Jonathan, include: Ondo governor, Olusegun Mimiko, Rivers Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, and Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson, while four deputy governors represented their... Read More

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June 22, 2015

Fayose reportedly rejects Mimiko as PDP Governors’ Forum chairman

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has rejected Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko as chairman of the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party, The Nation reports. Mimiko was elected chairman of the Forum last week by six of the party’s 13 governors and two deputy governors, in a meeting in Abuja. Fayose is believed to be averse to... Read More

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June 19, 2015

“We will show Nigerians that we’re a different party” | PDP vows to be born-again

The new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, said the party will be rebranded and by 2019, would regain power at the centre. The Ondo state governor revealed on Thursday, June 18, that the PDP has already began the process of taking back power from the All Progressives Congress during the next... Read More

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June 17, 2015

Mimiko elected chairman of PDP governors forum

Olusegun Mimiko, has been elected the Chairman of the Governors Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mimiko, the governor of Ondo state, returned to the PDP from Labour Party in October 2014. Speaking with Journalists shortly after his emergence, Mimiko said: “We will do everything that we can do to engage the presidency and APC... Read More

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May 22, 2015

Impeached Deputy Governor of Ondo says he’ll be back

by Kolapo Olapoju The impeached Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ali Olanusi, believes he will most likely return to his position. Olanusi drew the ire of Governor Olusegun Mimiko when he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress two days to the presidential elections. Two weeks after the general elections were... Read More

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April 27, 2015

Mimiko nominates Agric commissioner as new deputy governor

by Ranti Joseph Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo state governor has nominated the state’s commissioner for agriculture, Lasisi Oluboyo as the new deputy governor of the state. This is contained in a letter written by Mimiko to the state House of Assembly nominating him to replace the impeached deputy governor Ali Olanusi. The State House of Assembly... Read More

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April 21, 2015

APC kicks against impeachment notice served to Ondo deputy governor

by Ranti Joseph The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has described the impeachment notice served on the Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, who defected to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) two days to the March 28 presidential election, as null and void. The APC in a statement by its... Read More

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April 18, 2015

Is it Ebola? || What you should know about the strange disease ravaging Ondo

by Isi Esene There has been an uneasy calm in Ondo as a yet to be identified disease ravages the sleepy community of Ode Irele in the South-west state. Though the state government led by Governor Olusegun Mimiko has assured citizens that everything is being done to put the disease under control, reports of at-least... Read More

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Ondo election: Mimiko accuses INEC of injustice

The YNaija Tracklist: Senate withdraws grazing bill | Ondo election: Mimiko relocates to Abuja

Ondo election: Mimiko relocates to Abuja

Ondo APC accuses Mimiko of planning to loot state treasury

Law firm sues Mimiko over cocoa beans deal in US (PHOTOS)

I will ensure Mimiko does not suceed himself – Jimoh Ibrahim

Ondo election: Mimiko sent thugs to cause mayhem – Sheriff-faction

Mimiko plotting to defect to APC

Ondo election: Buhari in secret meeting with Mimiko

The YNaija Tracklist: Power sector debts hit N809bn | How robbers killed Mimiko’s CSO | PDP congratulates new Oba of Benin |

How robbers killed Mimiko’s CSO

Opinion: Eyitayo Jegede and the vision of a “Greater Ondo Together”

Femi Fani-Kayode: The coming realignment in Yorubaland

Eyitayo Jegede is PDP gov’norship candidate in Ondo (PHOTOS)

Mimiko’s commissioner resigns, defects to APC

I have no plans to form a new party – Atiku

Opinion: APC Ondo – Desperadoes in action

Rejoinder: Dear Adene, in Ondo State, Mimiko is Making A Difference (MAD)

‘Immunity must be respected whether anybody likes it or not’ – Mimiko

Jude Ndukwe: Olusegun Mimiko – Giving Ondo state a clean bill of health

Mimiko to Lai Mohammed: ‘Learn to talk like a Minister’

“If Nigerians want corrupt politicians killed, why not?” – Gov Mimiko

PDP governors visit Jonathan in Otuoke (PHOTOS)

Fayose reportedly rejects Mimiko as PDP Governors’ Forum chairman

“We will show Nigerians that we’re a different party” | PDP vows to be born-again

Mimiko elected chairman of PDP governors forum

Impeached Deputy Governor of Ondo says he’ll be back

Mimiko nominates Agric commissioner as new deputy governor

APC kicks against impeachment notice served to Ondo deputy governor

Is it Ebola? || What you should know about the strange disease ravaging Ondo

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