• Voters to queue behind aspirant’s poster for APC primary, says Badaru Candidate of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Chief Bisi Kolawole, was last night declared winner of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held yesterday to fly the party’s flag in the June 18 governorship election in the […]
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As the race to the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State gets intense by the day, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed that power of incumbency will not work for the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) during the poll. Speaking on behalf of the party, one of the three Senators representing the state in […]
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Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice John Adeyeye, has released 69 awaiting trial inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Center in Ado Ekiti. He granted the inmates freedom on Thursday, during his first official visit to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ado Ekiti since assumption of duty in June. The released inmates were those who committed lesser […]
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There was palpable fear in Iyemero Ekiti, Ikole Local government area of Ekiti State, as gunwielding kidnappers invaded the community and abducted a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu on Saturday. The sporadic gunshots reportedly scared the people on the streets who ran in different directions, as the kidnappers grabbed the victim and forcefully dragged her […]
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All eyes will be on Ekiti State, the Fountain of Knowledge, next year. Governor Kayode Fayemi will bow out. Another politician will assume the reins. Between now and October 2022, the two major parties in the state may be engulfed in anxiety. If President Muhammadu Buhari signs the amended Electoral Act Bill, with its retention […]
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Chairman of the Southern Senators Forum, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has declared his intention to vie for the position of governor in the coming election in Ekiti State. He made this known in a letter he wrote to All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to inform them of his ambition. In the letter dated December 5, Bamidele […]
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I’m not Fayemi’s anointed, says Oyebanji Bamishile: I’m the candidate to beat Chief of Staff to Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Omoleye, has withdrawn from the governorship election slated for June 18, 2022 to support the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Biodun Oyebanji. Indications emerged yesterday when Omoleye was sighted among those […]
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Some youths in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital have set a pastor’s house on fire after the body of a seven-year-old girl was allegedly found there. The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of yesterday in the Adehun area of Ado-Ekiti. The girl, simply identified as Demilade, was said to have been sent to […]
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Catholic Priest, Rev Joseph Ajayi, along the Akure-Ikere road in Ondo State. He was said to be traveling in his Toyota Corolla to Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore Local Government Area, close to Akure, the state capital, where his parish is located. Ondo Police spokesman, Fumilayo Odunlami, a deputy […]
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Secretary to Government of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has resigned from office. The political scientist and former university teacher has been endorsed by many stakeholders for governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Kayode Fayemi has accepted his resignation, wishing him success in his future endeavours. The resignation, which was […]
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