Ekiti

Ogun, Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Ekiti states passed a combined N1.38tn 2023 budgets into law on Thursday. The Ogun State House of Assembly passed an appropriation bill of N472.25bn into law for 2023. The assembly passed the bill as…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has promised to address the demands of workers’ in the state before leaving office. Fayemi stated this in Ado-Ekiti when the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ekiti State Chapter…

Segun Oni, the Social Democratic Party's (SDP) candidate for the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, has filed a petition at the Election Petitions Tribunal in Ado, the state's capital, challenging the results of the election.…

The Segun Oni Campaign Organization (SOCO) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of purposefully delaying the upload of results from the June 18 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State to its server. SOCO…

Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has stated that the Ekiti governorship election result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) falls within its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT). Mr Ezenwa…

Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Ekiti Governorship election. Declaring the winner, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, the Independent National Electoral…

Police in Ekiti State have arrested a lady, Mary Idris, for allegedly faking her own kidnap on August 9, with a view to extorting money from her parents. Mary was arrested alongside her accomplice Victor Olawuse in Akure, the Ondo…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has corrected its earlier report which stated that there was a new Coronavirus case in Ekiti state. It would be recalled that the centre as at 10:20pm on Saturday night reported that there…

12-year-old Tawa Taiwo, who was kidnapped in Ilorin, Kwara State, has now been found in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Tawa Taiwo was found roaming the streets of Oye-Ekiti on Monday and was questioned by residents after which she was taken…

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, next week Tuesday. Fayose stated this on Thursday at his farewell press conference in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti…

No fewer than 18 people have been killed in an early morning road crash in Awo community in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti State on Wednesday, September 26th. The Toyota Hiace bus, said to have been conveying…

The Edo State Government has ordered the arrest of Mr Kingsley Edebiri, (pictured) an official of the State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV), over alleged extortion from unsuspecting motorists in Benin City, Edo State capital. Addressing…

•Adeyeye slams governor for ‘looting’, illegal sale of govt property There is unease in Ekiti State over the approval and purchase of a 2018 Lexus LX 570 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) valued at N75 million for Governor Ayo Fayose as a…

The 40-year-old mentally challenged man, Omonoyi Ademola, who stabbed the traditional ruler of Odo Oro Ekiti, Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin to death on Monday August 20th, yesterday, Friday August 24th, confessed to the crime, saying he carried out…

The winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that he will pay the backlog of salaries owed civil servants in the state within the first six months of his return to office. Fayemi of the…