Ekiti State
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Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji on Monday signed the 2025 Appropriation bill of N375.7 billion, tagged "Budget of Sustainable Impact,
24 Dec
Armed men have attacked a commercial bus and kidnapped 18 passengers in Emure Ile, Ekiti State, demanding N30m as a ransom for each of the passengers. It was learnt that the vehicle was conveying the passengers who were on their way from Onitsha in Anambra State back to Ado Ekiti, the state capital. They were…
21 Dec
Two major events that happened at two different locations in Ekiti State earlier in the month, again, laid credence to the primacy of capacity, character and compassion in the leadership style of Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji.
19 Dec
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has urged friends, associates and the general public not to organise any birthday party or newspaper advertisement in commemoration of his 57th birthday billed for December 21, 2024. Oyebanji, through his spokesperson Yinka Oyebode, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The governor said instead of advertisement placements, gifts or…
18 Dec
John Milton, celebrated 17th century English poet, has provided for us in his Samson Agonistes a metaphorical dramatisation of the full import of the meaning and consequences of human struggles, especially our epic pursuits.
10 Dec
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stated that detained Human Rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, is being prosecuted under a law that never existed in Ekiti State. Atiku expressed displeasure over the continuous detention of Farotimi in a statement to commemorate International Human Rights Day on Tuesday. "More troubling still is that he is detained and…
9 Dec
The governorship elections of Ekiti State have always been one of the most contested in Nigeria since the return of democratic rule in 1999.
3 Dec
The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session following the open declaration of support by the spokesperson of the House, Akintunde Rotimi Jr., for the controversial tax reform bills initiated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Trouble started after Rotimi Jr., representing Ekiti North 1, Ikole/Oye, drew the attention of his colleagues to the…
19 Nov
Ekiti State Government and labour leaders yesterday signed the N70,000 new minimum wages to signal the commencement of implementation with Consequential benefits for Workers in the State Civil Service and Local Government. The 13-member committee on Negotiation of the Minimum Wage was set up by Governor Oyebanji in early September after the signing of the…
13 Nov
The Ekiti State Government has revoked 8,283.570 hectares of land at Oke-Ako Community in Ikole Local Government, belonging to the Oodua Investment Company Limited, with a large portion of the land being utilised for agricultural purposes. The government has also earmarked N146.3 million as the first tranche of compensation to forty claimants whose crops and…
12 Nov
Ekiti State Government has recruited health volunteers to reach out to pregnant women in all the 177 wards of the state to ensure they access the primary health care facilities so as to guarantee their safe delivery. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, disclosed this yesterday at the launch of the…
12 Nov
The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed that four men died after drowning in the Osun River. A police spokesperson in the state, DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed that the incident occurred on Sunday, November 10, 2024, along the Ajido-Ikoro road. Abutu said the deceased, a 23-year-old and a 25-year-old natives of Okemesi-Ekiti went to River…
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The Police Command in Anambra has launched a manhunt for a yet-to-be-identified assailants who on Monday attacked security operatives and unarmed civilians in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra. The command Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. Ikenga said that the Commissioner of Police in the state,…