Ekiti State exploded in celebration on Wednesday as the first commercial flight landed at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. A visibly elated Governor Biodun Oyebanji led other dignitaries to receive the flight amid what could be described as a festival. He described the project as a major milestone […]
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African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the burning of its Ekiti State Secretariat as a deliberate act of political terrorism aimed at silencing opposition voices. The party said this while condemning the arson attack on its Ekiti State Secretariat in Ado-Ekiti, which, it said, occurred just hours before the party’s scheduled Reconfiguration and Affirmation Ceremony. […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ekiti State, Prince Abiodun Adetimehin, has condemned the violent attack on the party’s state secretariat and members by suspected political thugs during the inauguration of the new State Executive Committee in Ado Ekiti. Prince Adetimehin, who was the ADC candidate for Ekiti […]
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Residents and transporters are groaning over the deplorable state of the Ado–Ijan–Iluomoba–Ikare Road, a federal road in Ekiti State that links major educational institutions, the state’s cargo airport, and key investment corridors. The highway, which connects Ekiti and Ondo states to Abuja, the northern parts of the country, and the South-West, has been in a […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has dissolved the State Executive Council. This was announced in a statement by Prof. Habibat Adubiaro, the Secretary to the State Government. Expectedly, the affected Commissioners and Special Advisers are to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective MDAs. However, the […]
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The All Progressives Congress has released a revised schedule of activities and timetable for the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State. It also sets nomination and expression of interest forms at a combined N50 million, offered significant concessions, including exemptions for female aspirants and persons with disabilities, and a 50% discount on nomination fees for […]
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The National Universities Commission has formally permitted Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, BOUESTI, Ikere Ekiti to run seven additional undergraduate degree programmes. Its spokesman, Temitope Akinbisoye, in a statement at Ikere Ekiti on Monday, listed the programmes as B.Sc. Data Science, B.Sc. Public Relations, B.Sc. Advertising, B.Sc. Broadcasting, B.Sc. Journalism, B.Sc. Brewing […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and his Ondo counterpart Lucky Aiyedatiwa at a rally in Ado Ekiti backs Tinubu’s 2nd term Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday campaigned for the re-election of his Ekiti State counterpart, Biodun Oyebanji, in that state’s forthcoming gobernorship election. He was at a rally held at the Ekiti State […]
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