Tag: Ondo Elections

Opinion: Mimiko, Louis Odion and the limits of charlalism

by Jude Ndukwe Without much ado and for the purpose of clarity, let me quickly inform that the term charlalism as used in this piece refers to a situation where…

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The Thread: “Someone at Hermes has tasted moi moi” | Our top 10 tweets of the past week

This past week was lit, seriously. After all the rigmarole, Judas Iscariot aka Jimoh Ibrahim moves, and court manouvres, APC won the Ondo elections. Just like it did in Edo.…

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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…

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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…

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4 winners and 4 losers from the Ondo elections

by Joachim Mac-Ebong As the dust settles from the Ondo elections, it is time to pick the winners and losers! The winners APC: Now, the ruling party has added Ondo…

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Opinion: Mimiko | caught off guard

by Anthony Ademiluyi In 2003, the wily former President Olusegun Obasanjo was tired of being reminded by the hawks in the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he had…

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Jimoh Ibrahim’s campaign office attacked in Akure

The campaign office of a factional candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo state, Jimoh Ibrahim was attacked by suspected political thugs…

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APC postpones Saturday’s Ondo gov’norship primary election

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo State has postponed its governorship primary election originally scheduled for this Saturday 27 August, 2016, according to SaharaReporters. The postponement was made through the…

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