Tag: Ekiti State
Ekiti govt distributes N1bn profit to youth farmers
the initiative aligns with the government’s empowerment drive to strategically re-invest in agriculture in order to achieve food security and…
Gov. Oyebanji scores big: New buses, modern facilities, stipends for Ekiti athletes
Dr. Osetoba was emphatic in describing the unfolding transformation: “Governor Oyebanji has given sports a heartbeat in Ekiti. What we…
National Youth Games: Dr. Osetoba hails Oyebanji as ‘fortress’ behind Ekiti’s sporting revolution
Technical Advisor on Sports Development to the Governor, Dr. Olusola Osetoba, disclosed this on Thursday after Team Ekiti stunned the…
Ex-deputy governors, former Speaker lead exodus to ADC in Ekiti
In his address during the unveiling, Mr Omolayo Omole the state Chairman of the ADC, said the party has the…
Ekiti announces recruitment for international cargo airport jobs
By Oluwapelumi Oluwayemi The Ekiti State Government has officially announced a new round of recruitment at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International…
Two Ekiti teachers jailed 44 years over sexual intercourse with their students
In the course of the trial, the Prosecution, Mr Kunle-Shina Adeyemi, told the court that the defendants sometimes in Nov,…
Ekiti Chief Judge, Adeyeye is dead
The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye is reportedly dead.
Ekiti Government sends warning pig farmers
Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, has warned pig farmers to beware of the African…
Civil Defence officer Olukayode Dayo to rot in jail over rape of 13-year -old girl
Dayo was arraigned before Justice Lekan n Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on May 13, 2022 on…
Tinubu approves N150,000 grant for each MSMEs clinics participants
Earlier on his arrival in the state, Shettima, who was received by Gov. Biodun Oyebanji and other top government officials,…
Video: Abducted Ekiti school children, teachers regain freedom, driver killed
The victims, which consisted of six pupils, three teachers, and their bus driver, were abducted while they were returning from…
Just In: Pandemonium as school children, teachers kidnapped in Ekiti
This is coming hours after gunmen killed the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Onimojo of…
Eight deadly robbers who robbed five Ekiti banks crushed by police
Dare added that two other member of the gang Shola Ayeni aka Sengere and Aremu Adebayo aka Senior boy, were…
JUST IN: Tinubu claims landslide victory in Ekiti
Tinubu polled 148,975 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 62,710 votes while Peter…
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Tinubu records massive victory in 10 Ekiti LGAs
Tinubu won massively in the result declared by Prof Akeem Lasisi, Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila…
Oyebanji inaugurates 143-member APC Presidential Campaign Council
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has said that the state was indebted to former Lagos State Governor and Presidential…
Ekiti to establish gender courts, says Oyebanji
Describing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) as a hydra-headed problem, Olayemi said that GBV required a multidimensional solution that would involve a…
4 arrested over attempt to slaughter teenager for ritual in Ekiti
By Yinusa Ishola The South-West Nigeria Security Network also known as Amotekun Corps in Ekiti has arrested two suspects for…
Gov. Oyebanji appoints 8 Special Advisers
According to him, the appointments were made to give the new administration the desired solid foundation, and move the state…
Gov. Oyebanji promises more recognition for women
The governor said his administration would exceed the 35 per cent representation for women in elective and appointive positions, in…
FRSC issues advisory for trips to Abuja
FRSC said that the advisory had become necessary because Igbara-Oke-Ilara-Mokin route is totally blocked at the moment.
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…
Ekiti monarch, alumni seek govt’s intervention over dilapidated school
St. Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Odo Oro-Ekiti which was established in 1954, has 240 pupils.
Miss Ekiti, Bolarinde Roseline wins Beauty of Africa International pageant 2022
Miss Bolarinde Roseline, beat 12 other contestants to win the highly prestigious Crown in Africa at the 15th edition of…
4-year-old boy abducted in Ekiti after escape of father
The traditional ruler explained that the boy was returning from Ayede-Ekiti with his father, who managed to escape, after sustaining…
Kidnappers free 4 victims after receiving N1m ransom in Ekiti
Residents of the town said the negotiation went between N15 million and N8 million before it settled at N1 million.
Fayemi promises to complete airport, school projects before leaving office
Fayemi disclosed that over 720 workers are currently working round the clock at the project site.
Ekiti AFAN Secretary Emmanuel Aremo dies
The 67-year-old son of the deceased, Adeshola Aremo, in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, said his father died following…
Ekiti habitual phone thief Femi Ayelegun jailed 7 years
Ayelegun had told the court that he had stolen a lot of phones that and he normally sell them to…
Ekiti residents want death penalty for kidnappers
Between March 21 and March 31, no fewer than 20 persons were kidnapped by gunmen along Ijesa Isu-Ekiti and Ikole…