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4 days ago
The establishment of Agbeyewa Farms, a privately owned multi billion naira agribusiness initiative could not have come at a better time than now when Nigeria is facing significant food security challenges.
Ekiti State governor Abiodun Oyebanji... PHOTO: Twitter/Ekitistategov
19 Nov
Ahead of the 2026 governorship poll in Ekiti State, leaders in Ekiti South Senatorial District in the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, endorsed Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term to be able to consolidate the good governance being ushered into the state by his administration.
29 Oct
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has presented before the State House of Assembly a sum of N375.7 billion as the proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Oyebanji, who presented the budget estimates at the Assembly complex on Tuesday, explained that the appropriation bill, when passed, would help his administration consolidate its efforts in infrastructure…
16 Oct
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), yesterday, held a stakeholders’ forum and launched the School Protection Squad in Ekiti State to boost security around schools in the state.
15 Oct
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has proffered ways to cut waste in government and ensure efficiency in public service. He gave the advice, yesterday, in Ado-Ekiti, during the "2024 Ekiti State
8 Oct
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday, received the female governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2022 election, Kemi Elebute-Halle, and 500 others into the ruling party.
7 Oct
The Federal Government has handed over 15 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses and kits to the Ekiti State government, even as it launched seven conversion centres in the state.
4 Oct
Ekiti State Government has said that construction work on ultramodern dormitories at the farm settlements across all the local councils will commence within the next three weeks to boost food security.
1 Oct
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday, said that despite the challenges the state faces in areas such as security, infrastructure, and low industrial presence, the six-pillar agenda of his administration was carefully crafted and is already yielding results across all sectors. The governor noted that the creation of the state on October 1,…
26 Sep
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said his administration would not gag or intimidate media practitioners and journalists in the state, stating that he resents media censorship. Oyebanji explained the role of free media in the development of the nation's democracy, adding that members of the pen profession have been critical to his administration…
9 Sep
Ekiti State Government has directed contractors handling road construction or rehabilitation across the state to keep to stone-based policy and stop the use of laterite.
9 Sep
The hope of power changing hands in Ekiti State’s branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is already unsettling ‘principalities’ accused of holding it down from playing its opposition roles and presenting credible candidates that will challenge the All Progressives Congress

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