Tag: Ekiti State
Era of imposition over in PDP, says Fayose
Ekiti state governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, said the era of imposition of candidates for elective offices in the Peoples Democratic Party…
Why Fayemi is now rejecting my victory – Fayose
Governor-elect of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, said on Tuesday that the new resolve by Governor Kayode Fayemi to reject his…
Policeman, 5 others arrested for vandalism
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti on Monday said it had arrested a police corporal and…
Ekiti Referendum: PDP warns assembly against recognising results
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti on Sunday warned the House of Assembly against recognising Saturday’s referendum on new…
Ekiti conducts referendum for creation of 18 LGAs
Ekiti State Government on Saturday conducted a state-wide referendum on the creation of 18 local government areas in the state.…
8,000 Ekiti APC members now in PDP
A chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bode Ola, says no fewer than 8,000 members of…
I’ve penchant for defeating incumbent governors – Fayose
Jamiu Yisa Still basking in the euphoria of his victory at the Ekiti State 21 June governorship election, the governor-elect,…
Fayose Storms Lagos On ‘Thank You’ Visit
Jamiu Yisa The Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose and his entourage will storm Lagos Friday in continuation of…
Ekiti Gubernatorial Election: What Went Wrong
By Adeyemi Ikuforiji The just concluded Gubernatorial election in Ekiti State may have come and gone but some of us…
Husband wants divorce over sex starvation
A 34-year old man, Ayokunle Aladesiun, on Friday 27 June asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his three-year old…
Amaechi: What Happened In Ekiti Can’t Occur In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has stated that what happened…
APC is totally opposed to democracy and orderliness – PDP
The PDP has criticised the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) for not accepting the processes and outcome of the…
Fashola: Don’t Sweep Fayose’s Case Under Carpet
Kazeem Ugbodaga In the aftermath of Ekiti State governorship poll, Governor Babatunde Fashola has alerted the public that the governor-elect,…
Ekiti 2014: APC May Sue Over Abuse Of Human Rights
Eromosele Ebhomele National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday morning clashed with the chairman…
PDP Can Never Win Rivers —APC
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has dismissed as a fluke, last Saturday’s dislodgement of…
‘Ekiti Poll Raises Bar For 2015 Elections’
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), an NGO, on Monday said that the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State had raise…
Checking Corruption And Tardiness In The Judiciary
The victory of Ayo Fayose in the recently concluded election in Ekiti State has again raised the question of his…
On Ekiti Election And Fayose’s Victory
By Michael Jegede I congratulate the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayo Fayose, on his landslide victory in…
We’re Coming To Take Lagos, Southwest —PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday,…
Fayemi’s Sportsmanship
In a rare show of sportsmanship, Governor Kayode Fayemi on Sunday congratulated Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, following his Saturday, 21 June…
Ogboru Congratulates Fayose
The Democratic People’s Party, DPP, governorship candidate in the Delta 2011 governorship election, Olorogun Great Ovedje Ogboru has congratulated the…
I’ll Quit In 2018, Says Fayose
Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, has announced that he will not seek a second term when his tenure expires in…
Ekiti Poll: Observers commend INEC, set agenda for Osun
Observers monitoring the governorship election in Ekiti on Saturday said that there was tremendous improvement in INEC’s conduct of the…
#Ekitidecides: INEC promises credible poll
GBENRO ADESINA, SIMON ATEBA & NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI/ADO-EKITI Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has called on the residents of Ekiti State…
Ekiti turns to police state ahead of election
Simon Ateba/Ado-Ekiti Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Nigeria’s southwestern state of Ekiti, was turned into a police state on Friday, 24…
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All Set For Ekiti Election, 30 U.S. Observers For Polls
Gbenro Adesina, Simon Ateba & Nkrumah Bankong-Obi/Ado-Ekiti All is set for the governorship election in Ekiti State, western Nigeria, on…
Oshiomhole’s flight grounded on ‘order from above’
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state was Thursday stopped from travelling to Ado Ekiti Thursday following the grounding…
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Ekiti Election: Candidates In Last-Minute Campaign Battle
Barely 48 hours to the governorship election in Ekiti State, western Nigeria, the leading candidates are locked in a last…
Ekiti People Stick To Fayemi, Against The PDP Quislings
By Idowu Ajanaku The recent violent assault on the convoy of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State precisely on Sunday,…
Police charge 12 APC supporters with terrorism
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria, the federal government has slammed…