To avert the community spread of the dreadful COVID-19 pandemic, the Ekiti state government would next week begin random testing of residents across the state. The state government also restated its commitment not to allow security agencies enforcing the lockdown to infringe on the rights of suspected offenders in the state. Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
Ekiti state government says it has expanded its coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation centre from about 50 to 100 -bed capacity Dr. Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade, state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this at the press briefing in Ado Ekiti on Monday to give update on activities of the state’s task force on COVID-19. Yahaya-Kolade said the […]
Following the crisis trailing the appointment of the new Oore of Otun in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti state, a royal family has dragged Governor Kayode Fayemi to court over alleged imposition of a new monarch in the ancient town. The stool of Oore became vacant sequel to the demise of Oba Adedapo Popoola […]
There was jubilation among members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State last night as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party announced the appointment of a seven-man caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the party in the State for three months, pending the conduct of the State Congress. This was […]
The Ekiti state government has disclosed its readiness to set up a COVID-19 laboratory in the state to increase the capability for more testing for residents. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said this facility is to be provided by Governor Kayode Fayemi, in partnership with well-meaning Ekiti indigenes and other private sponsors. Yaya-Kolade spoke […]
The woman reported to have been kidnapped alongside the Ekiti state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, has been freed. Olabode and the woman were abducted on Sunday evening along the Isan-Iludun Road by unknown gunmen, while a councillor of Ilejemeje Local Government Area was shot dead by the bandits. The kidnappers later contacted the […]
As part of the ways to enhance the harmonious relationship between the Ekiti state government and workers, Governor Kayode Fayemi has promised financial help to bedridden, vulnerable and widowed civil servants to mitigate their sufferings. Fayemi said the COVID-19 pandemic may have robbed the workers of the opportunity of celebrating with the usual fanfare and […]
…Demand payment of outstanding salaries As the lockdown caused by the spread of coronavirus continues to have adverse effects on the economy, the organised labour in Ekiti state has told Governor Kayode Fayemi not to contemplate any move to slash salaries despite the slump in the revenue of government. The labour unions, comprising Nigeria Labour […]
Findings by Daily Times on Wednesday revealed that the kidnappers that abducted the Ekiti state Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, have reduced their ransom demand to N15 million. The abductors had on Monday, called the commissioner’s family requesting for N30 million ransom to secure the commissioner’s release. Olabode and one other were seized by unknown […]
Ekiti state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, has urged Christian leaders to support the state government’s efforts in curbing the spread of coronavirus through religious programmes that do not violate the Ekiti state Coronavirus Disease (Prevention of Infection) Regulations, 2020. Fapohunda made this plea in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday during a meeting he held […]
Abductors of the Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti state, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, has contacted the family and requested for a N30 million ransom to secure his freedom. Olabode was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening along Isan-Iludun Road in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state. In the process, a councillor in his car […]
A socio-cultural group, the Golden Elites Club, has urged Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state to secure the state’s borders in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19. National President of the Ikere-Ekiti-based group, Prof. Tayo Ajayi, gave the admonition while donating food items to 500 widows, orphans and other vulnerable persons to reduce […]
…Govt places 78 persons in isolation The 29-year-old woman, who was the third index case of COVID-19 in Ekiti state has passed on. The woman died at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti on Wednesday. The woman, who was a healthcare worker in Lagos sneaked into Ekiti state last week […]
Ekiti state government has concluded plans to expand its COVID-19 isolation centre at Oba Adejugbe General Hospital to enable it accommodate 120 patients from as against the initial 10 patients. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, made this known when members of the state task force on COVID-19 addressed journalists on Friday in Ado Ekiti. […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state says he has directed the Ministry of Justice to urgently prepare modalities for further decongestion of the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti. Fayemi, gave the directive in a statement issued by Mr. Tunde Olaolorun, Special Assistant to the state Attorney-General on Public Education, Media and Communication, on Wednesday. The governor […]
The government of Ekiti state is set to release several low risk prisoners in the Ado Ekiti Correctional Center. This disclosure was made in Ado Ekiti today by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda. The commissioner declared that “the Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has directed the Ministry of Justice to immediately […]
Ekiti state Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has suspended court sittings till further notice in line with government’s measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the state. Daramola said in a statement on Thursday in Ado Ekiti that all stakeholders in justice administration, especially the general public, should note that only urgent or […]
The Ekiti state Executive Council on Thursday approved a downward review of the state’s 2020 budget in the face of dwindling revenue occasioned by the fall in global oil prices and the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The downward review was approved at an executive council meeting held through video-conferencing in Ado Ekiti. Commissioner for Information and […]
No fewer than 5,000 indigent citizens have benefited from the conditional cash transfer under the household uplifting programme initiated by the federal government to fight poverty and other attendant menaces in the Ekiti state. The beneficiaries, who were drawn from the 16 local government areas of the state, received between N20,000 and N60,000, representing the […]
…Approves stimulus for the poor The Governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi on Monday, emerged from his 14 -day solitary confinement and flagged off the distribution of palliatives to 20, 000 indigent citizens in the state. Gov. Fayemi also relaxed the lockdown imposed on the state since March 29, by directing that citizens be allowed […]