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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Massive turn-out as Ekiti holds peaceful governorship election

105 year-old Madam Felicia Fayomi, at her polling booth at Ward 2, Unit 6, in Ifaki-Ekiti Fayemi votes, urges electorate to be law abiding, peaceful 105-year-old voter set agenda for winner Oni alleges voting buying in Ado, Oye Ekiti, denies withdrawing from race APC candidate Oyebanji votes, confident of victory By Banji Ayoola There was […]

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80-yr-old, 1983 Ondo lawmaker, others emerge SDP senatorial, reps, House of Assembly candidates in Ekiti

Eighty-year-old Chief Bodunde Daramola, and old Ondo State House of Assembly member, Hon Lanre Ogunsuyi, have emerged as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) House of Assembly candidates for Oye Local Government Constituency two and Moba Local Government Constituency one in Ekiti State. Though it is being rumoured that the party only selected some people and […]

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Fayose’s son, aide, others win Ekiti tickets

Son of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Joju, and his longstanding media aide Lere Olayinka are among those declared winners of yesterday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary in Ekiti State. Joju, who won the party’s ticket for the Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I comprising Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun, polled 69 votes to […]

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Fayose replies ex-deputy over alleged deceit, arrogance

Ex-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose, has debunked the allegations of being deceitful and arrogant leveled against him by his former deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola-Eleka. He challenged his former associate to search his soul for what went wrong in their political relationship rather than come to the public to disparage him. On Olusola-Eleka’s allegations describing […]

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Ekiti reintroduces History into school curriculum

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi Following the footsteps of its Oyo State counterpart, Ekiti State government on Wednesday ordered the reintroduction of History as an independent subject in public primary schools in the state. The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, gave the directive in Ado Ekiti, while […]

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How herders nearly killed me with machete, sticks – Ekiti farmer

A 75-year-old farmer in Ekiti State, Pa Adesoye Oguntayo, who was attacked and injured on his farm by herdsmen, narrates his near-death experience to Abiodun Nejo. Please introduce yourself. I am Adesoye Oguntayo. I am a farmer in Oke Ako Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. But I am from Kogi […]

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I will return Ekiti to glory as governor – Oni

‘APC, PDP afraid due to my popularity’ The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Segun Oni, yesterday promised to return the state to its glory. He said the people were anticipating his second coming because his tenure as governor between 2007 and 2010 rekindled hope about a brighter future. Oni, an engineer, […]

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Group to deploy 541 observers for Ekiti governorship poll

A board member of Yiaga Africa, Mr Ezenwa Nwagu, said on Thursday that the frontline election monitoring group would deploy 541 election observers to monitor the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti State. Nwagu, who said that the high number of personnel deployments was to ensure that the Ekiti votes count, added that the civic […]

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