Chief Segun Oni, the Deputy National Chairman (South), All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ekiti State governorship aspirant has given scholarship to 63 Ekiti indigenes to study in Brazil. Oni who is nursing Ekiti governorship ambition disclosed recently how he has been working tirelessly to make Ekiti youths are on the world map by sponsoring 63 […]
Fatalities have been recorded following an overnight clash between rival NURTW factions at Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. As of this morning heavily armed operatives and armoured vehicles have been stationed at strategic locations along Ado-Ikere highway. More to follow
An Ekiti-based socio-political group, the Ekiti Rebirth Organisation (ERO), has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the recently released schedule for governorship election in the state, saying it signals a significant step towards “banishing locusts from our state.” Speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, at the weekend, ERO Director General, Chief […]
Twitter user, BollyLomo sparked reactions on Twitter after he shared a now viral photo of him getting freaky with a god in Ekiti State. He shared the photo of him licking the upper chambers of the deity and captioned; ‘I got freaky with the gods’ He also shared another photo of a deity and captioned […]
Ekiti State Government has advised residents around Oke Agboona in Okemesi Ekiti to stay at least 300 metres away from the hill as the likelihood of a re-ocurrence of a natural phenomenon known as “Soil Creep” in the area was high. This was made known on Saturday by the Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo […]
Shots have been fired as a civil disturbance by armed youths suspected to be political thugs is currently occurring along Ajilosun Road, Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti state. More to follow
A huge procession and political rally is ongoing along Ado-Ikare Road, Ado-Ekiti. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, following the return of President Buhari. More to follow
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Olalekan Ezekiel, for allegedly dressing like a police officer. Also nabbed by the police is a student of the College of Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti, Busayo Kayode, who was arrested for allegedly tricking his bosom friend into the hands of 10-man gang of rapists. The […]
Barely 72 hours after a man was beheaded and carried away by unknown persons in Ekiti State, two brothers, of the same parent, David Oluwatosin and Tosin Oluwatosin, have again been caught with fresh human head in Ifaki Ekiti, in Ido Osi Local Government of the state. The first two incidents of beheading in the […]
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola on Tuesday brought succour to the way of 1,000 indigenes and non-indigenes in Ekiti state as they received a total sum of N16.5 million as economic empowerments. From the breakdown list, 20 people received N100,000 each; 180 people got N50,000 each; 300 persons […]
Minister of Mines and Steel Development,and fomer Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday distributed bags of rice to 6,000 across he 16 local governments of Ekiti state for Christmas yuletide. The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Centre, an advocacy centre, own by Fayemi which carried out the exercise across the local governments in […]
Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has faulted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu on reasons for the renewed electoral violence in the country, saying; “Violence returned to our electoral process because of INEC partisanship and manipulation of the electoral process in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).” […]
A Governorship aspirant and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti State, Chief Diran Adesua, has criticised Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti over what he described as “many indecent behaviour, and shameful public conduct” of the the Governor that is unbefiting of a person of his parsonality as the Governor of Ekiti State. Adesua […]
New war against crime has been declared by the police as Ekiti and Osun State Police Commands have now taken proactive measures to stop cross-border banditry in the two state by fortifying patrols in all border towns to reinforce security of the states. This synergy was reached at a meeting presided over yesterday by the […]
At a press conference, in his Iyin Ekiti country home, Bamidele said they took the step in a bid to rescue the party from the brink of collapse occasioned by the defeat it suffered in the June 21 governorship poll. Bamidele praised the national leaders of the party, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed […]
Following the abduction of another member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ekiti State University chapter, at the weekend, the body, on Monday, staged a protest, in Ado-Ekiti, against incessant kidnapping of its members, and gave the State Government till Friday, May 22, to rescue the victims, failing which they would go on […]
In a move to protect lives and property, the Ekiti State Security Council has proposed to ban the use of tinted glass and also warned landlords and hoteliers to know the kind of people they offer accommodation. Rising from an emergency meeting held in Ado Ekiti, following the killing of two and abduction of five […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has condemned the persistent abduction cases in the state, saying the recent jail break in the state might be to blame, just as he promised to ensure the release of the victims soonest. He made declaration, while addressing the staff of the Federal Teaching Hospital, at IdoEkiti, on Monday, […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has begun an indefinite strike to protest the kidnap of a former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Patrick Adegun, and a theatre nurse with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladeneka. In a letter to the state Governor, Ayo Fayose, the association’s state […]
Ekiti state Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has started discussing with the organised labour, on how to resolve the seemingly knotty issue of dwindling Federal Allocation to the state, in a bid to avert a situation that may force the state workforce to join the league of states whose workers were being owed salaries. Presently, […]