Ekiti State Police Command has vowed to enforce the presidential directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that any non-state actor bearing firearms should be shot at sight. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mobayo Babatunde, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital held at the behest of the Inspector General of Police, […]
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Fayemi being vaccinated Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, his deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi and some frontline health workers yesterday received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Fayemi received a dose of the vaccine administered by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani. His Wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Speaker of the House of Assembly, Funminiyi […]
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Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers has resolved to prevail on Governor Kayode Fayemi to contest for Presidency in 2023, stressing that he is well qualified for the task of leading the nation. The Obas said they would send a delegation at an opportune time to prevail on him to contest for the position. The […]
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Donates N60m to support take-off of new institution Ikere-Ekiti Community in Ikere Local Council of Ekiti State has lamented the alleged destructive activities of Fulani herdsmen at the newly-established Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) and the entire community. The paramount ruler of the community, the Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adejimi […]
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The Senator Biodun Olujimi’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party in Ekiti State has declared it would be heading to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Appeal Court which affirmed pro-Ayodele Fayose’s ward congresses. The Appeal Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Olujimi – led faction […]
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• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has canvassed elevation of qualified female lawyers and young lawyers as judges in Ekiti State High Court. He made the call in Ado-Ekiti yesterday during inauguration of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Adeniyi Familoni, as a judge of the State High Court, following his recommendation by the […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti State Government is to spend N1.4 billion on Amotekun Corps in 2021, to boost investment and ensure safety of all residents. The Commissioner for Budget, Mr. Femi Ajayi, stated this in Ado Ekiti at the weekend, during the breakdown of the N109.666 billion budget for 2021. Governor Kayode Fayemi […]
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Kidnapped petroleum product dealer in Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami, has regained freedom after spending eight days in custody of his abductors. He was abducted at one of his filling stations along Ado-Ijan road around 9pm last Sunday and whisked away to an unknown destination. The abductors had on Wednesday contacted his family and demanded for […]
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By Ayodele Afolabi Ekiti is on the march again as politicians are preparing for the 2022 governorship poll. Although aspirants are still keeping their aspirations to their chests, especially in the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), the former governor Segun Oni, has expressed his resolve to take another shot at the Oke Ayoba Government House. He […]
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