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Fayose undergoes major surgery

Ihesiulo Grace 27 July 2022 0

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has gone under the knife. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that Fayose had two major surgical operations within five months. One in February (neck) and another one earlier this week (back). According to his associates, the surgeries are results of the

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I’ll defeat APC, Fayose boasts

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2022 0

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has vowed to defeat any candidate put forward by the All Progressives Congress if he emerges PDP presidential candidate. He said, “It’s not about what you say but what you do. READ ALSO: Kanu Nwankwo, hotel fined by Lagos court I want to remind you that I was […]

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Fayose: Tinubu mounted pressure on me to join APC but i refused

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2021 0

Former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, tried everything he could to persuade him to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but he declined. In an exclusive interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Fayose, who said that President […]

Politics

PDP South-West crisis: Makinde, Fayose trade barbs over congress

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2021 0

The rivalry between Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose deepened on Thursday after he warned the latter against making inflammatory remarks about the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress in the South-West, only days after they publicly embraced and shouted conciliation. At a press conference held ahead of the congress […]

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PDP moves to reconcile Fayose, Makinde

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its zonal congresses. PDP said this in a statement submitted by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja. READ ALSO: APC ward leaders pass […]

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I will love to be President – Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2021 0

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has insisted that, if opportunity permits, he has an interest in becoming the President of Nigeria. Fayose also said he was not interested in the rumored presidential ambition of the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in 2023. Asked regarding his 2023 perception, he […]

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FG will punish lawmakers who summoned Buhari over insecurity – Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2020 0

Ayo Fayose, A former governor of Ekiti State, told members of the House of Representatives to be ready to face punishment from the federal government for summoning President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before the House. On Tuesday, December 1 Fayose made the statement in reaction to the summons issued by the lawmakers demanding the president […]

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Fayose’s threat to Makinde is an empty threat — Olujimi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

A factional leader of the Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Abiodun Olujimi, on Thursday dismissed warnings by a former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose to the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, as an “empty threat.” Olujimi said the Oyo State governor was welcome to visit Ekiti State to assist […]

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Ayodele Fayose speaks on Oni’s defection to PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2020 0

Fayose had on Saturday, during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress, officially received Oni, who had earlier left the party for All Progressives Congress (APC) before returning recently. As gathered by Daily Times, Fayose, in a series of tweets, urged members of his group, the Osoko Political Family, to accord Oni with all respect, saying […]

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Stop dishonouring Kashamu’s memory, Fayose to Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2020 0

Former governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has hit out at President Olusegun Obasanjo, calling out the former President to cease peddling denigrating remarks about the character of the demised senator. The former governor expressed his candour on Twitter on Saturday evening where he tweeted “It is regrettable that Obasanjo could say what he […]

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Fayose declares Ojudu, Adeyeye unwelcome in PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2020 0

*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 […]

Opinion

God is angry with APC – Ex Ekiti Governor, Fayose mocks the ruling Party

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2020 0

Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, says that the crisis faced by All Progressives Congress (APC) shows that God is angry with the party. Mr Fayose, stated this via his twitter account where he blamed the APC for the security crisis, inter alia, befalling the country. He wrote: “The crisis being faced by APC is […]

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Police seal PDP secretariat in Ekiti as crisis deepens

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2020 0

Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti The crisis rocking the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn yesterday as armed policemen took over the secretariat following the bloody clash between loyalists of former Governor Ayo Fayose and Senator Biodun Olujimi over the conduct of ward congresses. The crisis broke out around […]

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EFCC witness links Fayose’s sister to N200m Abuja property

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2020 0

The N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose proceeded on Friday with a banker, Olugbenga Falai, testifying as the sixth prosecution witness. Fayose, alongside a firm, Spotless Limited, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the Federal High Court in Lagos. Both defendants have entered a no-guilty plea […]

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Witness says N200m moved from Fayose’s residence during electioneering

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2020 0

The fraud trial of former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti resumed on Thursday before a Federal High Court Lagos, with a prosecution witness, Mr Johnson Abidakun, testifying that about N200 million was conveyed from Fayose’s premises. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for  alleged N6.9 billion fraud and money […]

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Alleged N2.2bn Fraud: Court okays EFCC’s witness in trial of Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

Lagos – A Federal Court in Lagos on Monday, granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to introduce a new witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial against Ayo Fayose and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke dismissed an interlocutory summon by defence, challenging the evidence of the fifth witness […]

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Ado Ekiti – Akure road a death-trap, Fayose tells FG

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2020 0

Immediate past governor of Ekiti State,  Ayodele Fayose has called on the Federal Government to fix the road linking Akure, Ondo State with Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State,  saying that “the road is now in such a deplorable state that  motorists now avoid it.” Coronavirus: Diaspora Commission denies neglecting Nigerians in China He said the […]

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Fayose Is A High-Powered Nothing – Presidency Blows Hot In New Statement

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2018 0

The presidency has reacted to the outcome of the Ekiti state governorship election, describing Ayo Fayose as a high powered nothing. The Presidency on Sunday descended heavily on the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, over the result of the Saturday governorship election in the state, describing him as “a high-powered nothing.” The Senior Special […]

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Nigeria will show Buhari the exit door in 2019 – Fayose fumes

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2018 0

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to contest the 2019 election, saying the country does not need him (Buhari) in 2019. Mr Fayose, who gave his reaction on Monday while speaking to journalists in Ado Ekiti, said if the president was given another term, he would “kill Nigeria”. […]

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Why I want my deputy to succeed me ― Fayose

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2018 0

GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that he is supporting Professor Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola, his deputy, because “he has been instrumental to the unprecedented achievement recorded by his administration in education, saying that such a feat must be sustained after the end of his tenure. Fayose stated this when the National Association of […]