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A group under the aegis of Grassroot Development Movement has expressed its readiness in support of the Executive Governor of Ekiti State Dr Kayode Fayemi should he decide to declare interest for the Nigerian President…
A member of the House of Representatives, Femi Bamisile, has told the All Progressives Congress to embrace and apply zoning in picking its governorship candidate for the June 18 election. Bamisile appealed to Governor…
The All Progressives Congress on Sunday released a timetable for Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections scheduled to hold in 2022. An official notice signed by the National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary…
The Governor of Ekiti State and Nigeria Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has appointed Tosin Durodola as his Special Assistant on Digital Communications. Mr. Durodola, 24, hails from Igede-Ekiti,…
At the beginning of 2021, the Presiding Bishop Oyedepo of Winners Chapel announced the successful accomplishment of the divine mandate of planting over 10,000 inner-city and rural churches across Nigeria in 2020 despite…
The Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to the University of Education, Science and Technology. The bill was unanimously passed at Tuesday’s plenary in…
In what appeared like a way of appeasing the aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress in Ekiti State, Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday sent a list of seven new commissioner-nominees to the State House of…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, barred social, political, religious and family gatherings of more than 20 persons as part of efforts to check the spread of coronavirus. The governor, who announced…
Ekiti State Government has said it will still retain the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II, as the Chancellor of the state-owned Ekiti State University, EKSU. The state government’s position was made known…
10 armed Fulani herdsmen in Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State were reportedly arrested on Thursday night. The incident has stirred anxiety and panic in the community. It was gathered the arrest was after the people of the town…
Two young men identified as Tosin Oluwafemi and Tajudeen Ogunleye has been sentenced to death by hanging for murder by Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti. According to the court, the two had conspired to kill one Joshua…
A 17-year-old boy identified as Opeyemi Oluwafemi body has been reportedly found dangling lifeless from a tree after he committed suicide in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State. According to reports, the boy…
A 20-year-old commercial driver, Ismaila Bello, has been charged to Ado- Ekiti Magistrates' Court for murder. Bello is arraigned for the alleged murder of a member of the transporter’s union, Femi Ajayi, in Igogo Ekiti,…
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state has called on the state police Commissioner, Mr Amba Asuquo, to expose those behind the killing of two students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) during a protest. Fayemi,…
The Ekiti State Police have confirmed the attack on students of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) blaming it on hoodlums who hijacked the students protest. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),…
Adebimpe Oyebade, an actress in the Nigerian movie industry, has been dispossessed of valuables (including her phones) by robbers at gunpoint in Lagos. The announcement was made on Instagram, where fans were told not to…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has stated that there is no proof that Governor Nyesom Wike of Port Harcourt demolished a mosque in the state. Governor Fayemi on Sunday, September 2019, said that he could not find…
Nigerians are not happy with the fact that Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and his Kaduna State counterpart, Governor El-Rufai, are in South Africa despite the current killing of Nigerians in the country. Oby…
Lere Olayinka, Media Aide to the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, has accused the State government of plot to assassinate him, saying that thugs stationed at the State Pavilion, Fajuyi in Ado Ekiti by the…
A former governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has accused the federal government of planning to inflate the price of petrol from N145 to N185 in March, 2019. Fayose described the planned increment as a way of…
