Tag: Ekiti State
World Bank gives Bauchi $50m education grant
The Bauchi State Government said it accessed 50 million dollars (N8.5 billion) grant from the World bank for the improvement…
Fayemi wins APC governorship primary in Ekiti
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti winner of its primaries by 192,767 votes.…
Caution As Ekiti Guber Election Nears
The race for the governorship election in Ekiti State is getting to the peak. All political parties contesting the elections…
Jonathan postpones campaign launch for Fayose
President Goodluck Jonathan’s one-day campaign visit to Ekiti State, western Nigeria, scheduled for 8 April has been postponed. The President…
I still miss my late deputy – Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said that the vacuum left by his late deputy, Funmilayo Olayinka, had remained…
Ekiti PDP disowns Aluko, affirms Fayose’s candidacy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state said on Sunday that Mr Ayo Fayose remained the party’s candidate for…
PDP confirms Fayose governorship candidate
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, on Wednesday approved the election of Mr Ayo Fayose as the party`s…
Bamidele pledges one-term in office
The governorship candidate of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, has promised to spend one term in office…
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Fayose to slug it out with Fayemi in Ekiti
A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…
YCAD, More Than A Revolution!
By ‘Dimeji Daniels What existed in the agriculture sector in Ekiti State before the Fayemi administration came on board was…
Ekiti governorship election: 12 struggle for PDP ticket
No fewer than 12 aspirants have picked the nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the party`s…
Olubolade declares interest in Ekiti governorship race
Nigeria’s former Minister of Police Affairs, Retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, a close ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday…
PDP’s Plot To Capture Ekiti Will Spell Doom, says Fayemi
In this interview published in TheNEWS magazine this week, Governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi…
INEC gives dates for voters’ registration in Ekiti, Osun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…
Ekiti state raises N5b fund for capital projects
The Ekiti State Government in western Nigeria, has completed its N25 billion bond issuance programme with second tranche offer for…
I am ready to work with Oni, says Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti said on Thursday that he was ready to work with…
Goat delivers human-like kid
The sleepy town of Ogotu-Ekiti in Ekiti SouthWest Local Government Area, of western Nigeria was on Tuesday thrown into confusion…
Dangote’s Outstretched Hand
Aliko Dangote’s investment in Ekiti State’s solid minerals, agriculture and education cements his place as Africa’s biggest investor Aliko Dangote,…
Murder in Ekiti: Police arrest lawmaker, 3 others
The Nigerian Police in Ekiti State have arrested four persons, including a lawmaker, in connection with the bloody clash in…
Fayemi flags off building of 5,000 houses in Ekiti
The Government of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti says it will build 5,000 low cost housing units before the…
Ekiti gets N48b foreign investment
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti said that the state got an inflow of investments worth…
Ekiti state postpones sports festival
The western Nigerian state of Ekiti State has postponed till next year a sports festival scheduled for next month. The…
600 acres of hemp farm found in Ekiti
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local…
Ekiti And FRC Report
By Sina Pius The recently released Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) report for 2011, which claimed that Ekiti State is among…
Fayemi threatens to jail parents denying kids of education
Governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has threatened to jail parents who refuse to send their children or…
Gov. Fayemi spends N861m on students
About N861 million has so far been spent by the western Nigerian state of Ekiti to assist indigent but brilliant…
Opeyemi Bamidele’s Selective Amnesia
By Abiola Olufemi In a democratic dispensation, anyone has a right to aspire to any political office insofar as he…
Fayemi rewards Ekiti athletes
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has given out cash awards to athletes that won medals…
Tukur: Fayose’s suspension affront to PDP
The PDP national leadership has described as an affront the suspension of Mr Ayo Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti…
Fayose: My suspension by PDP a rumour
A former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, has described his alleged suspension from the…