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Ekiti ready to set up COVID-19 laboratory – Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2020 0

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

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Woman kidnapped with Ekiti commissioner regains freedom

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

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 […]

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May Day: Fayemi approves money for vulnerable, sick, bereaved workers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

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 […]

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Ekiti workers vow to resist salary cuts

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2020 0

…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 […]

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Ekiti Commissioner’s abductors reduce ransom to N15m

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2020 0

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

Ekiti meets CAN, church leaders for support in combating COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2020 0

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

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Abductors of Ekiti commissioner demands N30m ransom

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

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 […]

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COVID-19: Ekiti group distributes palliatives, urges Fayemi to secure borders

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2020 0

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 […]

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29-yr-old woman becomes first COVID-19 casualty in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2020 0

…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 […]

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COVID-19: Ekiti to expand isolation centre

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2020 0

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. […]

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COVID-19: Fayemi plans to decongest Ekiti Correctional Centre

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

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

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COVID-19: Ekiti set to release low risk prisoners

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2020 0

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 […]

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COVID-19: Ekiti chief judge suspends court sittings

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2020 0

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 […]

Ekiti approves downward review of 2020 budget

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2020 0

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 […]

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5,000 indigent citizens benefit from FG’s cash transfer scheme in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2020 0

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 […]

COVID-19: Fayemi out of isolation, relaxes lockdown in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2020 0

…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 […]

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Ekiti Confirms Another Case of coronavirus victim

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

The Ekiti State government, on Wednesday, confirmed another case of Coronavirus , thereby increasing the number of victims to two. This came barely 48 hours the first index case was discharged after three weeks of treatment in the state at the quanrantined centre. The commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, who spoke with journalists on the […]

Police to arrest organisers of gatherings with more than 20 persons in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2020 0

The Ekiti State Police Command, on Sunday, said it would start immediate enforcement of the order by the state government banning all public gatherings exceeding 20 people until further notice, over the deadly Coronavirus. This was contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti by the command’s […]

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BON Awards 2020: Ekiti state to host award in December

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2020 0

Ekiti State, which boasts of the top 10 tourist centers in Nigeria, would be hosting the 12th edition of the BON Awards come December 5, 2020. This was confirmed when the award crew paid a visit to the executive governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, at the government office in Ado Ekiti today and the […]

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Coronavirus: ASSUSS calls for closure of schools in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

As a measure to preventing the spread of the coronavirus in Ekiti state, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has called on the state government to close schools with immediate effect. In a statement he signed in Ado Ekiti, ASSUS Chairman, Comrade Sola Adigun, noted that such would prevent the close group interactions […]

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