Tag Archives: EKITI STATE

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is set to open its Youth Bootcamp for Food Justice 2025 on Sunday, August 24, at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort in Ekiti State. The week-long programme, organised in partnership with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), will run until August 29 and will draw young Nigerians from all six geopolitical zones. …

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Female Journalist Alleges Assault by Former Ekiti Commissioner, Appeals for Protection from Land Grabbers By Joseph Sunday A former Ekiti State commissioner, Alhaji Tajudeen Olamide Arowolo, is accused of assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth Bamidele, a female journalist, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Bamidele has appealed to Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, expressing fears for her safety and that of her three …

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A former Acting Governor of Ekiti State, His Excellency, Rt Honourable Tunji Odeyemi who also doubles as a former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who governed the State for the period of three months, has formally felicitated with another former Governor of the state tate, His Excellency, Engineer Segun Adebayo Oni as he prepares to celebrate his …

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An innovated bush combing operation by the Ekiti State Police Command geared towards getting rid of criminal elements, has led to the decapitation of two suspected kidnappers during a gun duel and arresting of three kidnappers.

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Ekiti State Police Command says on Monday that the police woman, Sergeant Olawoye Bukola, who was shot by a group of thugs that invaded Ward 7, Unit 7 during the last Saturday's Ekiti East House of Assembly Bye Election has died from gunshot wound.

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The Onikun of Ikun Amure - Ekiti, Oba Olusola Olatunde, has described the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, as a man whose life ambition is to develop and add value to humanity.

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Ekiti State South West Nigeria has been said to have come first with complete result of the Presidential and National Assembly elections that held yesterday. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a press briefing Sunday evening in Abuja. Yakubu said, “The election result for Ekiti State is ready and the INEC …

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Comrade Bunmi Ojo, has been shot dead. Unidentified gunmen, Friday evening, shot the politician in the state, barely two months to the inauguration of the Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Details of the assassination are yet to get to the public.

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Ekiti House Re-Invites Ex-Governor Fayemi Over N850M SUBEB Fund  Folake Sokoya The Ekiti State House of Assembly has again invited a former governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over the controversial N850 million State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) funds. The House also adopted the state Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) 2017 – 2019 document as its document at …

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