The new governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji, who was sworn in on Sunday, has pledged to pursue a vision that will make the State a land of prosperity, opportunity, peace and progress in the next four years. Delivering his inaugural speech shortly after being sworn into office, Oyebanji assured the people of the […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, met with his party’s former presidential aspirants. The meeting between Atiku and the aspirants was held at his residence in Asokoro, federal capital territory (FCT). Those who attended the meeting included Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine; […]
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Mr. Paul James, an Election observer in Ekiti State, from YIAGA, has insisted that people sold their votes during Saturday’s governorship election for as low as N500. James who spoke with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday that from March 2022 till date, said money and other items were given to people during political occasions. […]
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A female undergraduate of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti in Ekiti State, identified as Faderera Oloyede has been found dead in an apartment belonging to her boyfriend, whose name is Ayo Maliki, in Osun State. According to SaharaReporters, the deceased was found on Tuesday inside the room in the Koko area of Iree in Osun. […]
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The executive governor of Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi, has said he requested the Federal Government to fix the Ado-Akure road and also toll it. According to him the state got some money from the AFDB, and the state was not the owner of the road, so he wrote to the President to pet the […]
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Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor has stated that nobody would be allowed to take over the state from its people. He opined that if non-indigenes wish to partner with people of the state to do business, they must respect the culture and law of the land. Governor Fayemi further stated that traditional hunters and […]
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Barely 24 hours after the murder of a female undergraduate in Ise Ekiti by gunmen, another male resident has been hacked to death in Orin Ekiti by gunmen. The public relations officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the development, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Saturday that everything was being […]
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A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Ayodele Fayose, Sunday Alade has narrated how the former governor of Ekiti state received N1.2 billion stashed in two planes. Giving his testimony before the federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, Alade said Fayose and his company, Spotless Investment Limited, received N1,219,000,000 from Zenith […]
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The Ekiti state House of Assembly unanimously confirmed 13 commissioner nominees presented by Gov. Kayode Fayemi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the nominees were confirmed by the house during Thursday’s plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Adeniran Alagbada. The nominees include a former member of the House of Representatives-Mr Bamidele Faparusi, […]
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Former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state on Saturday failed to deliver his polling unit and ward in his hometown Afao Ekiti in Irepodun Ifelodun local government area of the state to the Peoples Democratic Party. The All Progressives Congress (APC) swept the ward in the House of Assembly election. At Fayose’s unit at St […]
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