The organised labour in Ekiti State on Monday has called off the strike after threatening to embark on a three days strike over welfare and other issues. Recall DailyTimes reported that the organized labour had on Sunday ordered the commencement of the strike on Monday following the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum it earlier issued […]
As the crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues unabated, Governor Kayode Fayemi, has assured that he won’t treat any party member as an enemy despite the attacks being launched against him by some leaders. Also, the Ekiti APC stakeholders passed a vote of confidence in the governor and […]
*They’ve no electoral value, he says Following the crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Governor Ayo Fayose, has said the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu and an erstwhile Minister of Works, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, were unwanted in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state announced on Tuesday night during a state-wide broadcast that worship centres in the state may resume services from July 17, subject to the fulfillment of some protocols. This, Gov. Fayemi, said would be in line with the agreement reached between the state government and leaders of religious organisations in […]
The Ekiti state Head of Service, Mrs. Peju Babafemi, has said that immediate dismissal awaits any male worker caught sexually assaulting his female counterpart in the state civil service. Babafemi stated this while receiving the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi, who paid her an advocacy visit in her office, in Ado-Ekiti. “Any […]
Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi on Monday signed the N91.1 billion 2020 supplementary budget passed by the state House of Assembly into law. The governor said he had to slash the initial N124.7 billion budget earlier passed and signed in December, 2019 before it was reduced by N33 billion owing to the slump in […]
The Ekiti state government has established a sexual assault referral centre where victims of rape and other sexual assault will receive medical and psychological attention, rather than being abandoned by the state. The government also assured that the state will strengthen the policy of naming and shaming perpetrators of rape by publishing their photographs on […]
The Ekiti state government has begun the proposal for alternative financial instrument to pay the N16.2 billion pension and gratuity arrears owed by the state government. The state executive council considered and approved a memorandum by Governor Kayode Fayemi as presented by the Special Adviser, Investments, Trade and Innovations, Mr. Kayode Oyebode proposing alternative financial […]
The Ekiti state government has restated its position that all worship centres across the state remain closed to prevent the escalation of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The government also said it would on Thursday commence testing of samples at its molecular laboratory to boost the state’s testing capacity. Speaking at the COVID -19 press briefing […]
The Ekiti State Government has filed a suit against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) over the constitutionality of his directive issued on April 20, 2020, prescribing Virtual Court Sittings to the Head of Courts at federal and state levels. In the suit filed through the office […]
The Ekiti state government has warned that it might cancel the current relaxed lockdown over the disobedience by residents to the rules outlined to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state. It also said the state government was not ready to reopen shut schools until there was convincing evidence that pupils, students and their […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ekiti state on Tuesday said that it had recovered 53 hectares of Indian hemp farmlands and returned them to their legitimate owners. NDLEA’s Commander in Ekiti state, Mr. Guara Shadow, announced the development in a statement signed by the command’s Public Affairs Officer, Mr. Peter Njoku, in […]
Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has condole with the State Government and immediate family of the late former governor of the old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua. According to his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, the former governor described the death of Evangelist Olumilua, as a loss to Ekiti and indeed Nigeria. He said; […]
In a bid to contain the spread of the deadly Covid 19, an emergency response group, Victim Support Fund (VSF), has donated food palliative and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth N120 million to the Ekiti State government. The non-governmental organisation, chaired by the former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, said the food palliative […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Another crisis is brewing in the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the personality clash between two former governors of the state. This is due to the stance of former Governor Ayo Fayose that Segun Oni, also an ex-governor and his supporters would not be welcomed back into […]
The Ekiti state government has trained 100 civil servants to enforce protocols in the Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government, to contain the spread of coronavirus. The trainees, christened COVID-19 response officers were mandated to enforce the protocols of social distancing, use of sanitisers and face masks by all workers across MDAs to checkmate […]
The Ekiti state government on Monday, disclosed that a total of 177 tests had so far been conducted since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, made this known at a media briefing by the state task force on COVID-19 in Ado Ekiti. “So […]
The Ekiti state government on Friday, revealed that the state has received over N600 million donations from philanthropists and private organisations since the lockdown was pronounced by Governor Kayode Fayemi, in respect of the coronavirus spread. The government also revealed that it has recorded four new cases, involving tree males and a female, who sneaked […]
Two persons, whose identities have not been ascertained were on Thursday crushed to death by a vehicle in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The casualties in the road carnage, which occurred under the flyover located between Okesa and Fajuyi Park involved a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger. This came barely 24 hours after […]
In a bold and pioneering moves to make Ekiti state the knowledge and innovation capital of Nigeria, the state Governor, Kayode Fayemi has signed an executive order reducing the right of way charges related to laying broadband or any other telecommunications infrastructure from N4,500 to N145 per meter. Ekiti is the first state in Nigeria […]