Eruku community in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State came under another violent attack on Tuesday evening, leaving two people dead and an unspecified number abducted, according to residents. Eyewitnesses in the community told our correspondent that the attackers stormed the area “suddenly and heavily armed,” forcing many residents to flee into nearby bushes […]
An Australia-based medical practitioner, Dr. Wole Oluyede has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket for the 2026 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The primary election, which commenced with the accreditation of delegates around 10:30pm on Saturday night, was concluded in the early hours of Sunday. Announcing the results of the election, the Chairman, […]
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday, warned that Nigeria must embrace the restructuring of the country’s political and administrative system before it is too late. Fayemi stated this during the 60th Distinguished Lecture of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island, Lagos. He said that restructuring through national dialogue will allow […]
Joy Obakeye Ekiti State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Kayode Adaramodu, has announced the appointment Hon. Toba Adaramola as the Director-General of his campaign organization. Adaramodu unveiled names of a few members of his campaign council at a meeting with his Local Government Coordinators in Ado Ekiti on […]
ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. Former Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSX), Maj. Gen. Johnson Olawumi (rtd), has commended Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti’ on his commitment to the development of the state. Olawumi, who gave the commendation when he visited Fayemi in Abuja, said he was impressed with the governor’s demonstrated interest in infrastructural and […]
Ayodele Adesanmi Ado Ekiti A member of the House of Representatives and All Progressives Congress apsirant for the 2022 governorship poll in Ekiti State , Hon Femi Bamisile ,has said the direct mode of primary that will be deployed to select the candidate will checkmate imposition. Bamisile, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Federal […]
Ayodele, Adesanmi Ado Ekiti Eight persons kidnapped in Itapaji, Ikole Local Government area of Ekiti State, on Sunday, have all regained freedom. A source close to one of the victims, told journalists in Ado Ekiti, on Friday, that the captors collected a sum of N2.5 million, a pack of cigarettes and one pack of milk […]
Ayodele Adesanmi, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has clarified that the impending state awards to be conferred on former governors Ayodele Fayose, Niyi Adebayo, Segun Oni and 45 others, including a legal Icon, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, has no political undertone. Justifying that the 48 awardees were picked on merit, Fayemi said the […]
Ayodele. Adesanmi Ado Ekiti Barely a week after four persons were kidnapped at Ayebode, in Ikole Local Government area of Ekiti State, eight victims were allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday at Itapaji Ekiti in the same council area . The abductors were said to have contacted the family early on Wednesday and demanded for a sum […]
Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, says state governors will not accept arbitrary deductions of funds from the federation account. Fayemi, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), said this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES 27) in Abuja. He said state […]
Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti screened and confirmed Justice Oyewole Adeyeye as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. His confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters, submitted by its Chairman, Tajudeen Akingbolu, (APC Ekiti West Constituency) during plenary led by the […]
*Says Nigeria’s tax system problematic, confusing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court over value-added tax (VAT) collection. Fayemi, who doubles as the chairman of the NGF, said Nigeria’s tax system is problematic and confusing and needs attention. Recently, the […]
*Seeks N15m damages Ayodele Adesanmi Ado Ekiti The suspended student of Mary lmmaculate Secondary School of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State has taken the authority of the school to court. It would be recalled that the student, Gift Agenoisa, a JSS 1 female, was suspended from the school for alleged indiscipline and assault on teachers by […]
Ayodele Adesanmi, Ado Ekiti Suspected gunmen operating at a section of Ekiti State have freed a woman and her daughter, who were held captive by the rampaging gun wielding evil doers since Friday. The woman and her daughter, who came for a burial from Lagos, were kidnapped along Ayetoro-Ewu Ekiti road, after shooting the husband […]
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old girl alongside three accomplices for allegedly faking her own kidnap. Police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, said on Saturday at Ado-Ekiti that the suspects were arrested on Thursday at their hotel hideout. Abutu said the supposed victim admitted that she conspired with those arrested to actualise her dream […]
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday a 22-year-old man, Kehinde Olajide, 22 to death by hanging for armed robbery. Delivering judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, held that the prosecution had proven Ingredients of armed robbery against Olajide, without any reasonable doubt. Also charged with Olajide are Kareem Azeez, 24, Bamisile Lateef, 28, and Adebayo […]
Ayodele Adesanmi, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP), on Wednesday traded tackles as the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) announcement of the date for the 2022 governorship election in the state. However while the APC expressed confidence that it would triumph in the poll, the […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday announced that governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states will hold on June 18 and July 16, 2020, respectively. Yakubu made the disclosure on Wednesday at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and unveiling of new polling units […]
Ekiti Police Command has described the reported invasion of Shasha market in Ado-Ekiti by armed Hausa/Fulani persons as false. A statement issued on Thursday by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said that the report trending on social media was not just false but “a lie from the pit of hell.” He said […]
The Ekiti State Government has suspended implementation of the minimum wage for its senior civil servants following dwindling revenues accruing to the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the action followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government and organised labour on Friday in Ado Ekiti. Under the […]