Ondo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north,Kogi State to the northeast for 45 km,Edo State to the east,Delta State to the southeast for 36 km,Ogun State to the southwest for 179 km,Osun State to the northwest for 77 km,and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state's capital is Akure,the former capital of the ancient Akure Kingdom. The State includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bights of Benin.
Adekunle Ajasin University,Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) is a state government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is located in Akungba Akoko,Ondo State,Nigeria.
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu;16 February 1948 –13 September 2013) was a Nigerian politician who was governor of Ondo State in Nigeria from 29 May 2003 until February 2009,when a court voided his re-election as governor on account of electoral irregularities. He was replaced as governor by Olusegun Mimiko,his political rival,based on a court injunction. He was a member of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
General elections were held in Nigeria on 21 April 2007 to elect the President and National Assembly. Governorship and State Assembly elections had been held on 14 April.
Adebayo Adefarati;14 February 1931 –29 March 2007) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003.
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko;born 3 October 1954),is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 2009 to 2017. He was the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party for Ondo Central District in the 2019 Senate elections. He served as the 16th and fifth civilian governor of Ondo State,the first two-term governor of Ondo State,and the first Labour Party governor in Nigeria. Mimiko was previously a federal minister for housing and urban development,a secretary to the Ondo State Government,and a two-time Ondo State Commissioner for Health.
Ile Oluji is a Local Government Area in Ondo State,Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ile Oluji.
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu;21 July 1956 –27 December 2023) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 2017 until his death in 2023.
Rufus Giwa Polytechnic is a tertiary learning institution in Owo,Ondo State,Nigeria. The National Board for Technical Education has approved it as a state-owned Polytechnic. It is also accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
Omololu Samuel Meroyi was elected Senator for the Ondo South constituency of Ondo State,Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic,running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.
Boluwaji Kunlere is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for Ondo South,in Ondo State,Nigeria in the April 2011 national elections. He was elected on the Labour Party platform.
Nahzeem Olufemi "Femi" Mimiko is a Nigerian educational administrator and former vice chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University,a state-owned university named after the former governor of Ondo State,Nigeria,Adekunle Ajasin. The university was ranked the best state university in Nigeria by the United States Transparency International Standard (USTIS) in April 2014. Mimiko was the only vice chancellor delegate at the National Conference in Nigeria held in 2014 under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mimiko assumed office in January 2010 and was preceded by Philip Olayede Abiodun. In 2016,he had a stint as African and African-American Studies Associate,at Harvard University,Cambridge,MA,USA.
Ali Olanusi is a Nigerian politician,he was deputy governor of Ondo State,Nigeria from February 2009 till his impeachment in April 2015.
Igbekele Amos Ajibefun is a Nigerian professor of Agricultural economics,former Rector of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic and former Vice chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University. He is the fifth substantive Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin.
Dan Nwanyanwu mni,OFR is a Nigerian politician,businessman and lawyer who was chairman of the Labour Party (LP) from 2004 until 2014.
Eyitayo Jegede SAN,is a Nigerian legal practitioner and 2019 Ondo state PDP gubernatorial aspirant.
Nicholas Tofowomo is Nigerian politician. He was the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State at the 9th National Assembly from 2019 to 2023.
Alfred Agboola Ajayi is a Nigerian politician,lawyer,and businessman who served as deputy governor of Ondo State from 2017 to 2021.
The 2012 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred on October 20,2012. Incumbent governor,LP's Olusegun Mimiko won election for a second term,defeating other party candidates. Mimiko received 43.79% of the total vote and won in 13 of the state's 18 LGAs,closely followed by PDP's Olusola Oke who won in two LGAs with 26.25% of total votes,while the ACN candidate,Rotimi Akeredolu,who won in three LGAs came third with 24.15% of the votes. Mimiko becomes the first Incumbent governor of Ondo State to be re-elected.
