Ilawe–Ado-Ekiti road collapses

Failed portion of the Ilawe Ekiti – Ado-Ekiti road; Photo: Ayodele Afolabi Motorists, commuters stranded Government to begin repair immediately – Fayemi’s aide Commuters and motorists plying the Ilawe-Ado road in Ekiti State, especially those traveling to Ondo State, Lagos and Abuja were left stranded yesterday, as a portion of the road collapsed. A large […]

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Ekiti Assembly backs state police, judicial autonomy

Ekiti State House of Assembly, yesterday, voted unanimously for the creation of State Police and Judicial Autonomy in the ongoing fifth alteration to the Amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Assembly also aligned with the National Assembly on the alteration to stipulated rules on how the principal officers of […]

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Flood sacks Ekiti communities, renders scores homeless

Some parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital were on Monday morning submerged by flood following a torrential downpour that lasted for over six hours. The heavy rain, which began around 10 pm on Sunday and subsided around 3: 22am on Monday, was said to have sacked many residents from their houses with property worth […]

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Ekiti PDP berates Fayemi for failure to pay students’ WAEC fees, secure release of results

Allegations unfounded, delay caused by body’s administrative error, says APC Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Governor Kayode Fayemi over his alleged failure to pay the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) fees of students who sat for the recently-released WASC results, thereby causing delay in the release of results of […]

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Ekiti varsity proscribes ASUU, SSANU, NASU over crises

The management of Ekiti State Government-owned Bamidele Olumilua University of Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti has proscribed all the staff unions in the institution. The acting Registrar, B.S. Momoh, said the step was necessary as the unions, through their actions, were distracting the university from its development vision and mission. Momoh, in a memo to […]

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Ekiti pensioners threaten to sue Fayemi over unpaid pensions, gratuities

Urge govt to declare emergency on pension matters South-West retirees lament backlog of entitlements Ask governors to implement increment approved by FG The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ekiti State chapter, has threatened to approach the court to compel the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to pay their outstanding benefits before the expiration of his […]

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Four men sentenced to death for killing Ekiti chief

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced four men to death by hanging over the murder of a traditional chief. The court also sentenced each of the four men to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman. The convicts, Sunday Aernana (30); Jonathan Elijah (19); […]

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Man to die for killing brother over motorcycle

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 49-year-old man, Ademola Akinola, to death by hanging for shooting his elder brother to death and taking away his motorcycle. Ademola was arraigned in December 2020 for robbing and killing his elder brother, Tunde Akinola. The charge read, “That you, Akinola Ademola, on November […]

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Ekiti Election: Oni vows to challenge outcome, governor-elect seeks truce

Photo/facebook/biodunaoyebanji Oyebanji extends hand of fellowship to Oni, Kolawole, others Prosecute vote-buyers or face legal action, SERAP warns INEC Social Democratic Party’s candidate in Saturday’s governorship election, Chief Segun Oni has rejected the results of the election, saying the outcome would be challenged in the court. Speaking through his state collation agent and former Attorney-General […]

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Wild jubilation as APC wins Ekiti governorship election

Buhari congratulates Parties allege vote-buying CSOs fault exercise APC monetised Ekiti election – Sowore Police arrest four Fayemi happy All Progressives Congress supporters in Ekiti State threw themselves into wild jubilation in the early hours of Sunday as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the party’s candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the winner of Saturday’s […]

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