Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has asked governorship aspirants who are still in the state’s civil service to resign their positions by December 18. The aspirant are those wishing to contest the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress where the party’s candidate will be picked for the 2022 governorship election. The directive is contained […]
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Pensioners under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ekiti State Council have threatened a showdown with the State Government over unpaid gratuities and arrears owned them. They also lamented that over 45 percent of them die before the collection of their gratuities and allowances from the government. The pensioners lamented over what […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Sunday described the death of a former governorship aspirant in the state, Senator Gbenga Aluko as devastating and an irreparable loss to the state. The deceased who was one of the children of the renowned economist, the late Prof. Sam Aluko, father of the footballers Eniola and Sone, and […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has inaugurated a 5-Megawatt Independent Power Project (IPP) in Ekiti, as a way of addressing the shortage of electricity supply to institutions and the private sector in the state. At the inauguration, he said the project is one in the series of interventions by his administration to address the inherent […]
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Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti screened and confirmed Justice Oyewole Adeyeye as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. His confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters, submitted by its Chairman, Tajudeen Akingbolu, (APC Ekiti West Constituency) during plenary led by the […]
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Going by the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, political parties are expected to conduct primary elections in January 2021. However, less than five months to this crucial aspect of the governorship election, the two dominant political parties, that is, the ruling All Progressives […]
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Angry residents of Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents by gunmen on Tuesday. The placard-carrying residents trooped out in large numbers as early as 7am and blocked the busy Ado-Ikere Ekiti highway, leaving commuters stranded just as business activities were paralysed. It […]
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At least 26 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), failed to provide matching grants to access the basic education development fund last year. This is according to data from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The records show that as of August 17, some states did not provide the 50 per cent matching grants […]
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The release of the timetable for next year’s governorship election in Ekiti State has increased the tempo of activities in the state. Correspondent Rasaq Ibrahim examines the level of preparedness and prospects of the two major political parties. The race for the governorship election in Ekiti State has commenced, following release of the timetable by […]
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Photo: Twitter / Ekitistategov Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Friday signed the recently passed the Legislative (Fund Management) Bill and the Judiciary (Fund Management) Bill into law.Four other bills signed into law by the governor are: Creation of Local Government Areas (amendment) Bill; Office of the Attorney General Bill; Consumer Protection Bill; and […]
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