The legal action instituted by former Ekiti State governor, Engineer Segun Oni, challenging the eligibility of Kayode Fayemi in the last governorship election suffered a setback in Abuja yesterday. Justice Babatunde Quadiri of the Federal High Court, who has presided over the case since June, suddenly on Monday afternoon ordered that the case be transferred […]
Kayode Fayemi led Government in Ekiti State is set to recruit more teachers in the state. Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, who made the disclosure in Ado Ekiti said more teachers will be employed in March next year to fill vacancies that exist in public schools across the state. Egbeyemi also explained that the Kayode […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi’s aide, Segun Dipe has called on immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose to apologise to the people of the state, “for despoiling their values and giving them poor image in the eyes of the world”. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Fayemi on Public Communications, Segun Dipe, who […]
Agra Innovate West Africa expo will host the agribusiness leaders and stakeholders from Nigeria and beyond at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island in Lagos, from November 27 to 28, 2018. The event will be held under the theme: “Food Security: The role of finance in the creation of commercial opportunities for agricultural value chain stakeholder […]
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Monday expressed anger and disappointment over what he described as flagrant and brazen ‘destruction of Ekiti’s heritage’ by the immediate former Governor, Ayo Fayose. The Governor who did not hide his resentment over the ‘wreckless’ abandonement of Ikogosi warm spring by Fayose government, the tourist center […]
An Ekiti State High Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the sixteen local government chairmen seeking an order to restrain Governor Kayode Fayemi from removing them from office. The suit was filed by the council chairmen under the aegis of the state chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) […]
October 16, 2018, remains a day that will be etched in the memory of most people of Ekiti State as morning showers heralded the inauguration of Dr. John Kayode Fayemi as the governor of the state. It was a clear indication that indeed, the light has come to shine to reclaim Ekiti land with a […]
Traditional rulers in Ekiti State have appealed to the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to revisit their welfare packages that have been bastardized in the last four years. At a meeting with the Governor in his office on Tuesday, the traditional rulers narrated their ordeals during the last administration where their salaries were not paid […]
A former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Femi Bamisile, has lauded the new governor of the state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on his new education policy of free and compulsory education for all primary and secondary school students as well as the provision of 200 million naira Car and Housing loans for […]
Ekiti State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed the nomination of two commissioners designate for the Dr kayode Fayemi administration. The House at its plenary on Thursday, also approved the request of the governor seeking approval for the appointment of 10 Special Advisers. The Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon Adeniran Alagbada who read […]
As part of his promises to secure a pride of place in the education sector of Ekiti state, Governor Kayode Fayemi has signed an Executive Order banning various fees collected by some principals, head teachers and other school officials. Also as a way to prioritize public workers’ welfare, he has equally approved N200 million as […]
Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has denied the reports that Ekiti State government has received N30 billion from the federal government. A statement credited to Lere Olayinka, the media Aide to the former Governor, Ayo Fayose has stated that “FG has released N30bn to Fayemi’s Govt as part of refund for Federal Roads […]
Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, the Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has advised Governor Kayode Fayemi to use the second coming to power offered him as an uncommon opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people of the state. The cleric who gave the admonition on Sunday at a Thanksgiving Mass held at […]
In “Paradise Regained” by John Milton, the English poet quipped that “The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day.” Probably only the discerning would have recognized how this immutable truth intricately weaved itself around Dr. John Kayode Fayemi on yet another date with history on Tuesday, October 16, 2018—-a day of his inauguration […]
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday, abolished the education tax introduced by the Government of Mr. Ayo Fayose in all primary and secondary schools in the state. Fayemi said education would henceforth be free in all public primary and secondary schools across the state, saying it was an aberration for school children to pay […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Ekiti people of more Federal Government presence in in the state as Dr. Kayode Fayemi alongside his Deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, were on Tuesday sworn-in. Specifically, Buhari, who expressed Fayemi’s unwavering ability to deliver the expected dividends of democracy, was represented at the the swearing-in ceremony by the Secretary to […]
As anxiety mounts ahead of October 16 when the governor elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi would be inaugurated as the next governor of the state, the police have assured the citizens of readiness to provide adequate security for their lives and properties. The Police which gave the assurance equally requested them to however […]
History will be made in Ekiti State, come October 16, 2018 as Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be sworn in as the 12th Executive Governor of the state. The outgoing governor of the state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, will hand over power to Fayemi from whom he incidentally received the baton […]
Meanwhile the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) will Thursday conduct supplementary election in four local governments. Fayemi, who accompanied Buhari on his trip to the United Nations General Assembly, was asked to come back home to meet with governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The sole agenda of the meeting […]
The Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Dr kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday visited Senator Iyiola Omisore, the Social Democratic Party, governorship aspirant in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Fayemi paid the visit to Omisore in his house at Oduduwa Estate, Ibadan Road, Ile-Ife. Fayemi, however, told newsmen that his visit was not on political issues, but personal. He said, “Don’t […]