Former Governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has become the latest political bigwig to weigh in on the ongoing controversy surrounding the implementation of the set penalty against hate speech offences in Nigeria. The highly controversial Fayose took to his official Twitter handle where he shared a series of tweets, condemning the move by […]
“A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the action of the police in Ekiti on Wednesday which led to use of tear-gas to disperse supporters of Governor Ayo Fayose and his party, PDP.” He said he is appalled at the images coming out of Ekiti in the last few hours. Pictures […]
•Seeks N20b damages over libel Former commissioner for Finance in the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi, Dapo Kolawole, has sued Governor Ayodele Fayose and others demanding damages over alleged slander and libel against him by the defendants. He is also seeking an order of the court stopping disbursement of loan and reimbursement funds to […]
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed into law, the bill prohibiting secret cults, terrorism and prescribing death sentence on anyone caught in the act. While appending his signature to the bill at the Government House in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, Fayose said the law was a confirmation of the unwavering commitment of the state government […]
The Peoples Democratic Party’s Elders’ Forum in Ekiti State has faulted the removal of the its Chairman, Idowu Faleye, by a faction led by the state Vice Chairman (North), Mr. Olatunde Olatunde. Olatunde, who at a press conference in Ado Ekiti last week said he had been elected by the State Executive Committee as the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has accused the State Council of Traditional Rulers of bias in the handling of the crisis between Governor Ayodele Fayose and the 19 APC lawmakers in the House of Assembly. Reacting to what it called the partisan intervention by the traditional rulers on the crisis, the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has urged the National Human Rights Commission and International Criminal Court in the Hague, Holland, to prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose over inciting broadcast that threatened the peace of the state in the last few days. Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said this became imperative in the face […]
Following the panic that engulfed Ekiti State over an alarm raised by Governor Ayodele Fayose that the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers had perfected plans to invade the Assembly on Monday, public and private institutions operating in the State failed to resume activities on Monday to commence the third term academic session. Fayose had […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has praised drivers and motorcycle riders associations for refusing to obey Governor Ayodele Fayose’s inciting order to foment trouble over alleged plan by the 19 APC lawmakers to storm the House of Assembly with thugs to impeach him. The governor had yesterday made a live broadcast […]
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 […]
A factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, has written the State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, asking him to ignore a request to set up a panel to investigate allegations raised in the impeachment notice to Governor Ayodele Fayose. His letter was reaction to an […]