Baba Ngelzerma, the secretary general, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body for cattle breeders in Nigeria, has appealed to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, to relax the ban on herdsmen and their grazing cattle. Speaking on Channels Television, Ngelzerma asked the governor to show statesmanship, blaming most of the attacks on “criminals”. […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State is showing his determination to deal ruthlessly with Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti State. Mr. Fayose on Monday met with local hunters in the Oke-Ako area of the state telling them to be battle ready, as he is prepared to give them the necessary support in the fight against any […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has banned grazing/rearing of cattle in the state, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch. Mr. Fayose, who made this known when he visited Oke-Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed […]
Continue ReadingThe Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused Governor Ayo Fayose of complicity in the fuel supply crisis in the state. In a statement by its Ekiti state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party said it was in possession of “incontrovertible evidence” that the governor was contributing to the scarcity of fuel […]
Continue ReadingThe former Secretary of PDP in Ekiti state, Tope Aluko, has made a dramatic u-turn after his recent reconciliation. Just 24 hours after a video surfaced online of Tope Aluko addressing the press that all was well between himself and Fayose, the former Secretary of PDP in Ekiti state, Tope Aluko, in yet another dramatic […]
Continue ReadingPeople often say that my friend and brother Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and I are giving the Buhari government a run for their money more than any other duo in the country. Though he and I come from very different backgrounds and our approach and styles, when confronting issues, are very different, they […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state on Monday said Governor Ayodele Fayose’s conducts were threats to national security.It said the governor’s recent utterances and actions suggest acts of sabotage targeted at rendering national institutions ineffective to perform their statutory roles for effective government in a federal set-up. The State Publicity Secretary of the […]
Continue ReadingOutspoken Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has said he is expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Ekiti and Rivers states as being rumoured. Fayose made this claim when he spoke to the media on Monday after the opening of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat on the economy at the […]
Continue ReadingThe government of Ekiti state say it has information that a state lawmaker detained last week during a raid on the state House of Assembly by State Security Services’ agents, has died. The government said Thursday that, “Information reaching us indicates that one of the abducted members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. […]
Continue ReadingThe outspoken Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to pay more attention to security and economic issues affecting Nigeria, instead of focusing on those of other countries and persecuting perceived political enemies, describing the President’s condemnation of Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire as hypocritical […]
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