The Ekiti State government has filed a suit against the Nigeria Police Force challenging the sack of a pregnant police officer, Olajide Omolola, by the Force. The Ekiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda filed the suit on behalf of the state government at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti. The Inspector-General of Police,
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The Ekiti official says the priority to security through Amotekun was in a bid to further attract investment and ensure safety of all investors and residents. The Ekiti Government, on Sunday, said it was not taking anything to chance in 2021 to address the growing insecurity in the state, particularly kidnapping. It, therefore, voted N1.4
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The Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Friday the state government planned to construct 1,000 housing units for civil servants in the state. Fayemi, who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast to mark the New Year, said his government was determined to make life comfortable for the workers. He also reiterated his administration’s readiness
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has on Tuesday, approved the appointment of Mr. Samuel Ibidunmoye as the State Surveyor-General, and Mr. Victor Adeuya, as the Auditor- General of the State. Fayemi in a statement, issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, noted that the two appointments
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The police command in Ekiti State on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The abductee simply identified as Wang was one of the engineers working with the Chinese company handling the new Ado-Iyin road network project. The Command Police
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The Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Adekunle Osho and Chinedu Ugwu to death by hanging for armed robbery. In his judgment, Justice Adekunle Adeleye, said the accused were actively involved in armed robbery and linked with a recovered stolen vehicle. “In the consideration of the above, the accused are
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Three men identified as Kola Fatoye, 40, Abimbola Fatoye, 35, and Ahmed Ojo, 56 have been arrested and arraigned for exhuming 10 corpses and beheading them for ritual.Police prosecutor, Monica Ikebuilo said the defendants committed the offence between March and September 2020 in Orun-Ekiti, Ekiti state. The severed corpses were those of Philip Akintayo, Moreani
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It has been reported that some armed robbers have bombarded a branch of WEMA bank in Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti. According to reports, the six-man robbers arrived the town around 3.30pm and blasted the security doors with explosive devise suspected to be dynamite. They carted away several millions in an operation,
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Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has reacted to his suspension by a faction of the Ekiti APC over alleged anti-party activities. Reacting through his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, Fayemi described the action as a joke taken too far. Oyebode said the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party is governed
Read moreThe internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress in Ekiti took a new dimension on Friday as some statutory members of State Executive Committee(SEC) suspended Governor Kayode Fayemi over alleged anti-party activities. According to the allegations against Fayemi, the SEC members said he worked against Edo APC candidate, Pastor Ize Iyamu and supported Godwin
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Thunder last Saturday evening reportedly struck dead 15 cows at the outskirt of Ikogosi Ekiti community in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The incident, according to Asaoye of Ikogosi, Chief Ayo Ademilua, was a natural occurrence, which he said was strange in the town. Speaking with journalists via telephone conversation yesterday, Ademilua
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After four days in captivity, a former officer of the United States army and native of Ijan Ekiti in Ekiti, Mr Jide Ijadare, has been released by his abductors. Ijadare was kidnapped about 2.05p.m on Tuesday at his palm oil producing factory on Tuesday alongside one of his staff. A contractor working with the factory
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Suspected gunmen on Tuesday unleashed terror at Ijan Ekiti under Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, killing a security guard. The hoodlums also abducted a retired United States military officer, Jide Ijadare, and one other person. Residents told journalists that Ijadare, a native of Ijan, was abducted at his oil-producing factory. The incident came
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The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced September 21 date for reopening of primary and secondary schools in the state, ending months of school closure occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Fayemi who disclosed this in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday evening also directed that tertiary institutions in the state be opened to students
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The chairman of Ikere local government, Femi Ayodele, has been suspended by the Ekiti state House of Assembly over an alleged unauthorised presidential campaign poster for Governor Kayode Fayemi. The Assembly at a plenary presided over by the Speaker , Funminiyi Afuye , said an investigation is ongoing into the act considered as “disregard for
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