Son of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Joju, and his longstanding media aide Lere Olayinka are among those declared winners of yesterday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary in Ekiti State. Joju, who won the party’s ticket for the Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I comprising Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun, polled 69 votes to […]
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Ex-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose, has debunked the allegations of being deceitful and arrogant leveled against him by his former deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola-Eleka. He challenged his former associate to search his soul for what went wrong in their political relationship rather than come to the public to disparage him. On Olusola-Eleka’s allegations describing […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Following the footsteps of its Oyo State counterpart, Ekiti State government on Wednesday ordered the reintroduction of History as an independent subject in public primary schools in the state. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, gave the directive in Ado Ekiti, while […]
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A 75-year-old farmer in Ekiti State, Pa Adesoye Oguntayo, who was attacked and injured on his farm by herdsmen, narrates his near-death experience to Abiodun Nejo. Please introduce yourself. I am Adesoye Oguntayo. I am a farmer in Oke Ako Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. But I am from Kogi […]
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‘APC, PDP afraid due to my popularity’ The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Segun Oni, yesterday promised to return the state to its glory. He said the people were anticipating his second coming because his tenure as governor between 2007 and 2010 rekindled hope about a brighter future. Oni, an engineer, […]
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A board member of Yiaga Africa, Mr Ezenwa Nwagu, said on Thursday that the frontline election monitoring group would deploy 541 election observers to monitor the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti State. Nwagu, who said that the high number of personnel deployments was to ensure that the Ekiti votes count, added that the civic […]
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Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Electoral Matters , Mr. Olaiya Kupolati, has resigned and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a letter dated 23rd March, 2022 and addressed to the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Kupolati, said his resignation takes effect from March 30, 2022. […]
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The police in Ekiti State have rescued a girl who was abducted in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, three years ago on her way to an extramural lesson in preparation for her Senior Secondary School Examination. The victim, who was 15 years old when she was kidnapped in March 2019, was, however, carrying an eight-month […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday cleared 16 political parties to contest the coming Ekiti State governorship election. This was sequel to the publication of the personal particulars of the candidates last month. Tagged: ‘Final list of candidates for the 2022 Ekiti State governorship election’, the Commission in […]
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The Director, Medical Laboratory Services, Ekiti State Hospital Management Board, Prince Adebayo Adesanmi, on Thursday, emerged as the monarch-elect of Ogotun Ekiti in the Ogotun/Igbara Odo Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State. There was heavy security personnel presence in the area to ensure a smooth and hitch-free election of the traditional ruler. The security […]
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