Ekiti state government has appointed the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the Chancellor of the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti. The Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs in the institution, Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, on Monday confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ado Ekiti, but did not…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday abruptly stopped evidence by its 13th witness in the fraud trial of former Gov. Ayo Fayose, saying that it appeared the witness was trying to be hostile.

The Ekiti State Government has expresssed its readiness to review the procedure that led to the recruitment of no fewer than 2,000 new workers into the civil service by the immediate past administration of Mr Ayo Fayose. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the new set of workers had continually protested their non-recogition…

National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Tuesday said the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was sure to win the presidential election on Saturday. Speaking at the party’s presidential rally in Lagos, Secondus said the PDP candidate was unstoppable. He said the masses were tired with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the alleged denial of the involvement of Zenith Bank Plc in the funding of his election in 2014.

The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Mr Bisi Egbeyemi, on Sunday said the state government had paid the one month salary arrears owed by the Ayo Fayose administration to civil servants. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egbeyemi announced this while addressing religious leaders, political office holders and civil servants at the Government Jouse…

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Sunday lifted the no-patronage embargo placed on Ecobank, GTBank and Zenith Bank by his predecessor, Ayo Fayose.

Workers in Ekiti State, under the aegis of Ekiti Workers Rescue Team (EWRT), have petitioned the state House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts demanding probe of alleged monthly release of N6 million to labour leaders by former Governor Ayo Fayose...

No matter how much President Muhammadu Buhari strives at every critical juncture to portray his so-called anti-corruption fight as incontestable reality...

Maybe Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be reminded that the verdict of history is much more tenable.

A dinner party organised on Friday night by the outgoing Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose to round-off his tenure in office was shunned by the expected crowd of party faithful and political appointees.

On Tuesday, October 16, Dr. Kayode Fayemi would be sworn in as the governor of Ekiti State for the second term. The expectations are high, but these are not strange to the new governor, who had governed the state before. In this exclusive interview with MUYIWA ADEYEMI, the former minister of Solid Mineral Development gave…