49 mins ago Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday spoke on his rumoured appointment as chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu. “Be patient. The system works in its own way – allow the system to work,” Gbajabiamila told a journalist that quizzed him at the State House in Abuja. A… Read More »
The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the bill on the extension of the tenure of local government officials in the state to three years. The passage of the bill titled: “Ekiti State Local Government Administration, 2023, followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress and opposition Social Democratic Party in Ekiti state may be working out a mutual relationship with the recent meeting between Governor Biodun Oyebanji and his SDP opponent in the last governorship poll, Segun Oni. Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji paid a surprise visit to his fiercest… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The selection and installation of Mr. Fasina Famuagun as the new Araba of Ado Ekiti has stoked a legal contest over alleged breach of nomination process. Chief Famuyibo E. Kayode and Chief Olu Atetedaye (plaintiffs) instituted the legal battle, seeking sought a declaration that Famuagun has not been duly and… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The selection and installation of Mr. Fasina Famuagun as the new Araba of Ado Ekiti is being challenged before an Ado Ekiti High Court In a writ of summons filed to this effect, Chief Famuyibo E. Kayode and Chief Olu Adeniyi Atetedaye are seeking a declaration that Famuagun has not… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Governorship Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the June 18, 2022, election in Ekiti State, Mr. Bisi Kolawole, has commended Governor Biodun Oyebanji, for his remarkable achievements within 200 days in office. Kolawale said that Oyebanji had, in the last 200 days, demonstrated visionary and purposeful leadership, to… Read More »
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the vandalization of a transformer belonging to the BEDC. The suspects identified as Ismaila Rafiu, Komolafe Shola and Aladegoke Busuyi were alleged to have also vandalized cables connecting Isinbode-Ekiti to other communities in the local government. The suspects were arrested by the… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to programmes and policies that would enhance the quality of life of Ekiti residents, especially the pensioners. Oyebanji stated this during the presentation of cheques worth N915 million as gratuities to 289 state, local government and primary school retirees… Read More »
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The National Chairman of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye has commended the Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji, for appointing Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) into his key offices in the state. Adeyeye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said with Oyebanji’s rapid development in… Read More »
A 29-year-old man, Sogo Onilearo has been arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps {NSCDC} for allegedly defiling his 7-year-old stepdaughter. According to the spokesman of the NSCDC in Ekiti State, Tolu Afolabi, the suspect allegedly raped the girl in Aisegba Ekiti. Afolabi, in a press statement on… Read More »
Police operatives in Ekiti have arrested two notorious kidnappers terrorising communities in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare disclosed this while briefing journalists on the activities of the command on Friday in Ado Ekiti. He said the two suspects were arrested in partnership with the Kogi State police command. He added that… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti …Charts new roadmap for infrastructure financing and maintenance World Bank co-sponsored Ekiti State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) has engaged stakeholders on road sector reforms in the state, with a view to getting citizens buy-in for rural road financing and maintenance. Speaking in Ado Ekiti at a one-day… Read More »
The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday sentenced three men to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery in the state. The defendants, Deji Omotayo (23), Ifeanyin Chidiebere (25), and Bolaji Usman (28), were arraigned by the police on January 21, 2020, on a four-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery. The… Read More »
An Ado-Ekiti State High Court in Ekiti State has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery. The post 3 to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. #die #hanging #armed #robbery #Ekiti Follow Us on Google News
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State House of Assembly has pledged its total support for the State Police Command in crime fighting, maintenance of law and order and ensuring security of lives and property. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba, made the pledge yesterday when she received the new state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dare… Read More »
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3 mins ago Ekiti State government has warned traders and members of the commercial drivers’ unions operating in the state against violating the monthly environmental exercise. The government also pleaded with security agencies to collaborate with the environmental officers… 13 mins ago Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday said he extracted a commitment from the… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Steering and Advocacy Committee for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census has called on the people of the state make themselves available for the enumeration when the exercise begins. The committee also allayed the fears of the people over some misgivings surrounding the exercise, stressing that… Read More »
Ekiti State Government has sought the intervention of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Abuja to resolve the problem of epileptic power supply in some rural areas in the state. The state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who led a delegation of some state officials to a meeting at the agency’s head office in Abuja, said the… Read More »
No fewer than 28 blind candidates are participating in the ongoing 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Ekiti State. The post JAMB conducts UTME for 28 blind candidates in Ekiti appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. #JAMB #conducts #UTME #blind… Read More »
Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Steering and Advocacy Committee for the 2023 National Population and Housing Census has called on the people of the state to make themselves available for enumeration when the exercise begins. The committee also allayed the fears of the people over some misgivings around the exercise, stressing that… Read More »
The organised labour in Ekiti State have asked the Federal Government to increase the workers’ minimum wage to N100,000 if it removes fuel subsidy. The federal government had last year declared its intention to remove fuel subsidy and had gone ahead to secure an $800 million relief package from the World Bank to help cushion… Read More »
Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi of an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced one Ismaila Ojo to death by hanging for strangulating his friend, Kareem Adu, over a motorcycle. The police prosecutor, Inspector Tunde Arowosola, had told the court Ojo committed the crime on May 13, 2018. He said the wife of the… Read More »
An Ekiti High Court has sentenced one Ismailia Mohammed Ojo to death by hanging for killing one Kareem Adu over ownership of an Hajue Motorcycle. Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi found Mohammed guilty of a one-count charge of murder. The offence is contrary to section 316 and punishable under section 319 of the Criminal Code Law… Read More »
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has appealed to the people of the state to support his government with prayers to enable it succeed and deliver on its promises. The post My government needs your prayers, support, Oyebanji implores Ekiti citizens appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News. #government #prayers #support… Read More »