A senator-elect, in Ekiti North Senatorial District, Hon. DuroFaseyi, has condemned the mass defection of members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), shortly after the March 28 presidential election, won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen.Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), saying those dumping the PDP for the APC were “fair weather politicians, who are […]
The impeachment saga in Ekiti has continue to degenerate as women in Ikere Ekiti, the hometown of Governor Fayose`s Deputy Governor, Dr Olusola Eleka on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the plot, issuing a 7-day ultimatum to the All Progressives Lawmakers to back out or would invoke the gods against them. Similarly, Ekiti Elders […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said that it has been vindicated over its earlier warning that Governor Ayo Fayose’s announcement of an appointment committee to appoint Ekiti people to vacant positions in the civil service as well as political appointments is a ruse to draw support of the unsuspecting public to […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ekiti State, has urged the National Human Rights Commission and International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, to prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose for over an inciting broadcast that threatened the peace of the state, recently. Its Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said the move became compelling in the face […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) National Working Committee, (NWC), Governors and Senators-elect have rose from a crucial meeting in Abuja with a call on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to be forthright and impartial in the handling of the elections pending in Abia, Imo and Taraba State. The meeting was the first the NWC […]
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, has called on all political stakeholders inEkitiState, especially APC lawmakers, to embrace the new spirit of reconciliation, forgiveness and dialogue being offered by Governor Ayo Fayose. The PDP in a statemen by its National Publicity Secretary, OlisaMetuh, on Monday, commended Governor Fayose for extending an […]
The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have reacted to the Sunday inciting broadcast by Governor Ayodele Fayose urging Ekiti people to rise against the lawmakers who he alleged were planning to resume their legislative duties on Monday (today). A statement by Special Adviser on Media to […]
A dangerous trend has been playing out in the polity for some time now which if not checkmated, may end up throwing the nation into chaos soonest. It is the situation where politicians and political parties lampoon the judiciary whenever a verdict goes against them. This was demonstrated once again on Tuesday when the Ekiti […]
Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Tuesday erupted with joy as residents trooped out in their hundreds to celebrate the victory of Mr. Ayo Fayose at the Supreme Court. Scores of people, among them traders, Okada riders, students, vehicle drivers and party men and women of varied political divides abandoned work immediately the judgment was […]
The Supreme Court has affirmed Ayodele Fayose as the rightfully elected governor of Ekiti State in the election that held on the 21st of June 2014. The Judgment which was made this morning in a unanimous decision by the seven-man panel led by Justice John Fabiyi, the apex court maintained the earlier decisions of the […]
Ekiti State House of Assembly has written the State Chief Judge. Mr. Justice Ayodeji Daramola, asking him to set up a panel to investigate allegations raised in the impeachment notice to Governor Ayodele Fayose. A statement by Wole Olujobi, the Special Adviser to the factional Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, said the lawmakers held a special […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose, risks impeachment if he fails to respond to the notice sent to him at the weekend, according to factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin. However, Fayose has continued to pooh-pooh the impeachment notice, adding that the people of the state who gave […]
Victory party organized by members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti yesterday turned awful as it was allegedly disrupted by gun weilding hoodlums who in the process destroyed five vehicles belonging to the members and an operative of the Department of State Services. The hoodlums allegedly attacked the party’s secretariat shortly after its members held […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in former minister of state for defense, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro as the minister of state for foreign affairs II. Obanikoro, it would be recalled faced stiff opposition to his ministerial nomination and eventual clearance by senators of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) who challenged his nomination following his […]
The police in Ekiti yesterday killed a notorious armed robbery suspect, Gbenga Mattew, popular in the state as Orimeji (two heads). Orimeji was shot dead during an early morning robbery incident in Akodi-Edemo community in Odo-Ado area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, Orimeji met […]