Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi and political appointees are making an unprecedented sacrifice of 50 per cent salary cut to keep the wheel of governance moving, amid fiscal challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic. Odunayo Ogunmola examines the issues surrounding the salary reduction. It was not an easy decision to take but it had to be […]
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Obajeu Royal Family of Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti State has sued Governor Kayode Fayemi for alleged imposition of a monarch. The stool of Oore, one of the 16 most prominent Pelupelu Obas in Ekiti became vacant after the demise of Oba Adedapo Popoola in October. A suit filed at the High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, by […]
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Peace has taken flight from Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following some stakeholders’ desire to take over party structure at all costs, without giving room for compromise. The state chapter of PDP has been embroiled in intractable crises since 2017 during ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose’s era, which have refused to abate, as […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Folorunso Olabode has been kidnapped by gunmen. A councillor of Ilejemeje local government area of the state who was with him, was shot dead on the spot. It was gathered on Sunday evening in Ekiti that the kidnap and murder the councillor took place […]
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Fayemi orders release of 30 prisoners Ekiti State Government has said that the 29-year-old woman, who was the third case of COVID-19 in the state, had died. The woman passed on at the Intensive Care Unit of Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, on Tuesday. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who confirmed this in […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Saturday said there may be another extension of the current lockdown following the discovery of a new case of COVID-19 in the state. At a media briefing in Ado Ekiti, he confirmed the new case earlier announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He said the new […]
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Ekiti State Government has publicly shamed two convicted sex offenders in its renewed onslaught against rape and other sexual offences to serve as deterrence to others. It pasted the photographs of the two convicted sex offenders, Basiru Adeyanju and Abiodun Olusola, in public places in the state and as well on various online platforms for […]
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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Monday directed the extension of restriction of movement and curfew in Ekiti State for two weeks to check further spread of COVID-19. He said that though the state had made appreciable progress in the war against Coronavirus pandemic, there was need to further tighten the social distancing to curb the spread of the […]
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Tears flowed freely on Sunday as the Task Force raised by the Ekiti State Government to enforce directives banning trading in the state destroyed and burnt goods of traders that defied the Government’s order. Governor Kayode Fayemi had directed markets and stores not trading in essentials to shut down while policemen and other relevant agencies […]
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Ekiti State Government has debunked the report making the rounds that it planned to depose 11 obas in the state. It described the story as malicious and false attempt by the opposition to incite the people against the government. Though Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, confirmed that the 11 obas were queried […]
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