Tag: Ado-Ekiti
Alleged N16m fraud: Court orders remand of Femi Adeyemo
The prosecution alleged that the defendant, who worked as manager in a filling station, adjusted the pump dispenser, and sold…
CAPPA excited over declaration of Ado-Ekiti as smoke-free city
In a statement on Friday, CAPPA described the declaration as a defining moment for Ekiti State and Nigeria’s tobacco control…
Sexagenarian docked for allegedly stealing Four Cousins red wine
Bamikole said that the defendant stole the wine belonging to the complainant, Apro Pharmacy and Supermarket Ltd.
Ekiti flood ‘deaths’: Gov. Oyebanji reacts
The governor regretted the level of havoc wreaked by the flood and assured that his government would map out life-saving…
Gov Oyebanji directs renovation of Ado-Ekiti township roads
He said Oyebanji also ordered all contractors handling different road projects within the state to go back to the site.
Ekiti Cargo Airport to be commissioned today
With its 3.2 kilometres of the runway and terminal building, an aircraft will, for the first time this morning, land…
Anti-riot policemen, Army, DSS take over Ado-Ekiti
Idowu Ariwodola The police command in Ekiti State has deployed scores of anti-riot men to quell the growing violence among…
Internet scam: EFCC takes 5 undergraduates, 12 others into custody
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office has arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters among whom were five…
Security beefed up in Ekiti ahead of Eid-el-Kabir
The Police say security has been beefed up in all the nooks and crannies of Ekiti ahead the Eid-el-Kabir celebration…
SON raids shops in Ekiti, seizes fake electrical materials
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday raided no fewer than 15 major electrical materials outlets in Ado Ekiti…
Man defiles six-year-old primary school girl in Ekiti
A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday ordered that a labourer, Ishau Gruma, who allegedly defiled a…
2,000 sacked workers stage protest in Ado Ekiti
The 2,000 workers recruited by former Gov. Ayo Fayose into the public service in Ekiti on Friday staged a peaceful…
Father, son remanded for alleged armed robbery
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a father and his son in prison for alleged…
Man remanded for allegedly killing 65-year-old woman
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of 29-year-old Ojo Yemi for allegedly killing a 65-year-old woman,…
Man remanded over alleged murder of traditional ruler
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of 42-year-old man, Omoniyi Stephen, over alleged murder.
Panic as another man is shot dead in Ado Ekiti
There was panic in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State on Monday evening as another man was killed by unidentified gunmen in…
Man remanded in prison over alleged rape
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old man, Dada Oluwaseun, in prison over alleged…
Herdsman jailed 2 years for grazing
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Ali Haruna to two years imprisonment for taking his cows…
Pictures: Mass protest in Ekiti against Gov Fayose
There was a mass protest in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Thursday against the administration of Governor Ayodele…
Man in soup after pouring hot soup on policeman
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Monday remanded 33-year-old Emmanuel Imole in prison custody for allegedly pouring hot soup on a…
Court dissolves 20-yr-old marriage in Ado-Ekiti
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved the 20-year-old marriage between one Mrs Oladele Funke and her husband, Samuel. The…
Herdsmen destroy Fed Poly Ado Ekiti farms – Rector
Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, on Friday raised concerns over alleged invasion and subsequent destruction of the institution’s…
2 men in court for alleged N3.7m fraud
The police in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday arraigned two persons Lekan Fadahunsi,29, and Henry Johnson,24, in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court…
Wife seeks divorce of 20-year-old marriage over alleged desertion
A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Rasheed Taiwo, on Monday asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her…
Fayose lifts curfew on Ado-Ekiti
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti on Sunday lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Ado-Ekiti on May 22, following a civil…
Fayose imposes curfew on Ado-Ekiti
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti on Thursday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the State due to the clash…
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Ado-Ekiti woman delivers twins after waiting for 14 years
Mrs Roseline Akinsola, 50, on Monday delivered a set of twins after 14 years of childlessness. The News Agency of…
Dad not discharging fatherly role, says son
A 17-year old boy, Abdulrasaq Amusa, on Friday testified against his father, Tajudeen Amusa, at an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court in…
#EkitiDecides: 50 Mobile Policemen arrest journalists
Mobile policemen have arrested two journalists Jadesola Ajibola of Inspiration FM and Oyetunji Ojo of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation in…
In Pictures: #EkitiDecides accreditation and voting
Ekiti voters turned out en mass on Saturday for accreditation as the state’s governorship election got under way amidst tight…