Mr Kayode Fayemi, defeated in the 2013 governorship election in Ekiti state, is to contest for the position again on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The current Minister of Mines and Steel Development was defeated by incumbent Ayo Fayose of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Fayemi said on Sunday that he will […]
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Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Political Matters, today at around 1:15pm, formally declared his interest to contest the forthcoming governorship election of Ekiti State slated to hold on July 14, 2018. He made his intention known at a rally held at Ado Ekiti, the State Capital. Senator Ojudu will be […]
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An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered that two teenagers, Olajire Ayomide,18, and Tope Owoeye ,19, be remanded in prison over alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old. The Prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okuade, told the court on Wednesday that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 8 at Afao Street, Ikere-Ekiti. He said the accused on […]
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Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has said it is compulsory for herdsmen based in his state to register with N5,000. The governor said the move is to help identify the herders “in the event of any further attacks in the state”. In one of his meetings with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle […]
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The government of Ekiti state has barred Kayode Fayemi, the minister of solid minerals and a former governor of the state and others from holding public office for at least 10 years. Dapo Kolawole, who served Fayemi as commissioner for finance, has also been barred for the same number of years. The action is said […]
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A bill prescribing death penalty for members of secret cults on Tuesday scaled third reading at the Ekiti State House of Assembly. The bill which is yet to be signed into law by the governor, also states that those aiding and abetting cultism would also bag life imprisonment if found guilty. The new provision was […]
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The Attorney-General of Ekiti State, Kolapo Kolade, has described as unconstitutional the arrest of two commissioners of the state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mr. Kolade made the observation while addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja. The Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General of the State, Yemisi […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Toyin Ojo; and the Accountant General, Mrs. Oluyemisi Owolabi. They were arrested on Thursday in Abuja at Governor Ayodele Fayose’s declaration of his desire to run for president in 2019. The ceremony, held at the Chelsea Hotel in […]
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The outspoken governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday boasted that all his children are studying in the country. According to Lere Olayinka, spokesman of the governor, Fayose said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, while attending the convocation ceremony of Ayorogbayimika, his son. The governor said the standard of education in the county will […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has sacked his entire cabinet, exactly two years after a sizeable number of them were sworn-in. Fayose thanked the commissioners for their service to the state and wished them well in their future endeavours. A “Facebook statement” by Lere Olayinka, the governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media […]
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