Category: Ekiti State

Ekiti State Government has approved over N18.5 billion for various projects covering construction of roads, electricity supply, water, sanitation and hygiene, agriculture, security, and others. Information commissioner, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Thursday that the approvals were given during a virtual State Executive Council meeting which held on Wednesday. He […]

The endorsement rally, Photo: State House Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has thanked the people of the state for lovingly endorsing his reelection bid for a second term in office.. He thanked them for their Monday’s turn out for his endorsement campaign. The endorsement campaign for Oyebanji and President Bola Tinubu’s reelection, in Ado Ekiti, […]

Dr. Kunle Olajide  By John Dike, Osogbo Elderstatesman and the Aare of Efon Kingdom in Ekiti State, Dr. Kunle Olajide, has called on the Federal and Ekiti State Governments to urgently rehabilitate all federal roads across the state. The neglect of the federal roads passing through state, he lamented, poses risks to human movement, economic […]

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Bunmi Omoseyindemi, on Wednesday pledged the Independent National Electoral Commission’s commitment to upholding the highest standards of transparency and fairness in all the processes before, during and after the 2026 Ekiti governorship election. He charged political parties in the state to “adhere strictly to the rules of engagement, […]

The second term endorsement for Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, is raising dust in the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state. Some concerned elders and youths of APC in the state, led by Chief Olaofe Adeniran, accused Oyebanji “of showing disdain, disrespect and flagrant disobedience to President Bola Tinubu and the APC National […]

Ekiti State Government has applauded the ranking of the State as first in Nigeria, in the Q4 2024 States Fiscal Transparency League Table by BudgIT Foundation. BudgIT reports had recently scored Ekiti 100 out of 100 in its ratings and placed the state at the top of the fiscal transparency index in the country. According […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed his condolences to the family of the departed former military governor of the old Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo, over the passing of their mother, Mrs. Modupe Adebayo. She died on Saturday, March 8, at the age of 85. A statement by by the Adebayo family and […]

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has offered to help victims of the no fewer than 50 houses destroyed by the rainstorm in some communities on Wednesday evening, leaving many residents homeless. The communities affected by the rainstorm which damaged residential buildings, shops, and educational institutions are Ipoti, Ejiyan, Owatedo and Odo Owa Ekiti, in the […]

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, presenting the 2025 budget at the State House of Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti on Monday Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has signed the 2025 Appropriation bill of N375.7 billion, tagged “Budget of Sustainable Impact,” into law following its passage by the State House of Assembly. He assented to the bill on […]