congratulates Olujimi, consoles ex Senate spokesman State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has consoled former Senate spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, over Wednesday’s Appeal Cour ruling which nullified his election. He described the judgement as more painful, noting that the ruling of the appellate court remains the final in the matter. In a statement by his Chief […]
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has sacked Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the senator representing Ekiti south and the Senate spokesman. In a unanimous judgement on Wednesday, Justice Uzor Anyanwu, the presiding judge, upheld the verdict of the Ekiti state national assembly election petition tribunal and asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to issue […]
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Ekiti State Government, parleying the European Union, EU, has bought equipment worth N320 million to rehabilitate Egbe Dam in Gbonyin local government area of the state. The Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) , according to the Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr. Bamidele Faparusi, would make the dam function at optimal capacity for water supply to about […]
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Management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has shut down the institution following students’ violent protest at the weekend. A statement by Director, Protocol, Information and Public Relations, Mr. Adeyemi Adejoju, at the weekend, said the joint emergency meeting of the academic board and management committee held on Saturday, November 2, 2019, also proscribed […]
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Ekiti State Government has concluded plans to de-worm all primary schools pupils across the state. Senior Special Adviser to Governor Kayode Fayemi, on Home Grown School Feeding, Mr. Ademola Obanise, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ado-Ekiti. He recalled that Fayemi in the Five Pillar Agenda of his administration clearly stated that the […]
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The education policy of the Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti State has made a remarkable improvement in school enrollment and other areas in the sector, according to the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola. The improvement has so dazzled the Yobe State Government, which has resolved to replicate the Ekiti model. Particularly, […]
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Director General of Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture, Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre, on Tuesday, said that the state was committed to projecting and marketing pounded yam for international recognition and patronage. He disclosed this in an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. He said pounded yam is a major local cuisine […]
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Ekiti State Festival of Culture and Arts will be celebrated between December 12 and 14, 2019 under the theme: “Art and Culture, Tool for Restoration of Value and Socioeconomic Empowerment.” The three-day event, which is tagged EKITIFEST 2019, will hold at Ekitiparapo Pavillion, Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort and Adetiloye Hall.
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Ekiti State Government has urged the state House of Assembly to rework the Gender-Based Violence Law (GBV) to carry more stringent capital punishment such as medical castration of rapists and defilers. This, according to it, would be an addition to life jail-term prescribed in the law. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale […]
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No fewer than 2,000 unemployed persons are to be empowered with skills and start-up capital by Ekiti State government at its maiden entrepreneurship week starting Thursday this week. The state Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief David Olusoga, who led others, including Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muyiwa Olumilua, as well as the Managing Director of […]
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