Tag: Ekiti State
PDP suspends Fayose, others
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti worsened on Tuesday as the party…
Let There Be Peace In Ekiti
Violence and assassinations often characterise governorship elections in Ekiti State. The fracas that broke out in Ekiti State chapter of…
Ekiti goes on talent hunting in sports
Youths from the 16 local governments in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti will on Wednesday commence a four-day talent…
Fayose’s Thugs Disrupt Ekiti PDP Gov. Consensus Committee
There was bedlam Tuesday morning at the Ekiti State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, where thugs suspected to be…
Supreme Court endorses death verdict on baby killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence passed on Akinola Olatunbosun, for killing a three-month-old baby in 2003…
You Can’t Suspend Bamidele, Tinubu Tells ACN Reps Members
The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to members of the…
The Story Of My Life
Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, wife of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who celebrated her 50th birthday last week, speaks with…
Supreme Court Dismisses Ex-Governor Oni’s Appeal
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five-man panel of the Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja dismissed an appeal instituted by…
Ekiti Gov Battle: Gov Fayemi Floors Oni
A 5-man panel of the Supreme Court on Friday in Abuja dismissed an appeal instituted by sacked former governor of…
Ekiti ACN chairman, 4 others charged with murder
The Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mr Jide Awe, was on…
Slain politician buried in Ekiti
A former member of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Jeje killed by suspected party thugs…
Governor Fayemi nominates new deputy
Jamiu Yisa Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has forwarded the name of the Chairperson of the State’s Universal Basic…
Ekiti Deputy Gov, Olayinka Begins Final Journey
Right Revd. Dr Peter Awelewa Adebiyi, the Lord Bishop, Diocese of Lagos West of the Anglican Church told dignitaries from…
Adunni: The Journey Of An Accidental Politician
By Babafemi Ojudu “Femi, you have come again with your jokes,” she said on that faithful afternoon when I invited…
Father of slain youth cries for justice
A community leader in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Pa Gabriel Adewunmi, has called on the Attorney-General of the…
Nigerian Rep member Bamidele attacked in Ekiti
A member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday escaped death after an attack by suspected thugs. The…
Ekiti Has Seen Enough
By Dimeji Daniels The recent simulated political crises in Ekiti State reminds one of the build-up to the 2007 gubernatorial…
Fayose dreams comeback as Ekiti state governor
Ahead of next year’s governorship election in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, former governor Ayo Fayose of PDP has…
Ekiti deputy governor goes on medical leave
Deputy governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, has proceeded on a three-month leave following her…
Ekiti State: PDP, Propaganda And Politics Of Desperation
By Dimeji Daniel The dictionary defines propaganda as “information, ideas, or rumours deliberately spread widely to help or harm a…
Fayemi explains cabinet dissolution
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State in Western Nigeria on Thursday explained that he sacked his cabinet because some members…
INEC’s Absence Stalls Oni v Fayemi
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Hearing of an appeal instituted by former Governor of western Nigeria’s Ekiti state, Mr. Segun Oni,…
Adetiloye’s Death: Ikuforiji Condoles With Fayemi, Anglican Church
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has commiserated with the Governor of Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria,…
Ekiti to honour Professor Aluko, Omoboriowo
The Ekiti State Government, in Western Nigeria is to honour no fewer than 20 indigenes, dead and living, with outstanding…
Ojudu Unmasks Fake Federal Roads Listed For Ekiti in 2013 Budget
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, representing Ekiti Central, today unmasked what could have been a serious fraud perpetrated in the name of…
Ex-governor Fayose faces fresh trial
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose over…
Fayemi’s Ekiti: On The Threshold of Harvest
By Peter Claver Oparah Ekiti State Governor, Dr, John Kayode Fayemi has put in two meritorious years in the service…
2 students arrested for robbery
The police in Ekiti State, western Nigeria have arrested two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, for alleged robbery.…
Wrongful Promotion: Ekiti to sanction 45 workers
The Ekiti Local Government Service Commission (LGSC), says it may sanction 45 officers, who benefitted from unmerited promotions under the…
Ekiti teachers defy government, snub tests
Teachers working in the public schools of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti on Monday defied the state government by…